US EditionThe US Is Having Its Worst Year for Measles in More than 30 Years
UNITED STATES, JUL 12 – Declining vaccination rates amid growing vaccine hesitancy have led to 1,277 measles cases and three deaths in the U.S., the highest since 1992, health officials report.
- In early July 2025, the CDC reported 1,288 measles cases across the US, the highest since 1992, highlighting a significant resurgence.
- Post-COVID vaccine hesitancy has caused kindergarten MMR coverage to drop below 95%, fueling the US measles resurgence with rates falling to 92.7%.
- Across the U.S., 155 hospitalizations and three deaths have occurred, with Texas reporting 753 of the 1,277 cases this year.
- Experts warn that with daily peaks of 15–20 cases, the US risks losing its measles elimination status this year due to rising cases.
- In early July 2025, the CDC reports 1,288 measles cases—the highest since 1992—highlighting a resurgence driven by declining vaccination rates amid growing vaccine hesitancy.
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America’s Measles Counts Surpass 2019 Outbreak, Highest In Over Three Decades
We haven’t talked about the numbers in America’s measles outbreak in a couple of months, but that certainly doesn’t mean the problem has gone away. It was back in April that we wrote about how the numbers were on pace to eclipse the outbreak in 2019, which was largely driven by unvaccinated religious groups in New York State, in large part due to both the long-term advocacy against vaccination by people like RFK Jr. and his short-term time as th…
Measles passes record in U.S., raising widespread fear
WASHINGTON—The number of measles cases in the U.S. has now surpassed the numbers in any year since 2001, the year the extremely contagious disease was officially declared eliminated. The findings, in a chilling report just released by the Centers for Disease Control, are actually an early sign that, due to right-wing politics, the nation’s entire public health system is on the verge of collapse. They are also a clear indication that if there is …
US measles cases surpass 2019 count, including cases in Minnesota and neighboring states
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread since 1991, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six months to go. But in Gaines County, Texas, which was once the nation’s epicenter for measles activity, health officials said they are no longer seeing ongoing measles transmission. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention count, updated Wednesday, is 14 more cases than in all of 2019, when the U.S. almost lost its st…
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