CDC Has Announced Record Measles Numbers. See How Bad Cases Have Been.
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Even now, US authorities have registered more measles cases in 2026 than in the entire previous year. Experts speak of a "crisis that is disproportionately affecting children" – and lead to a decrease in vaccination rates.
The health authority CDC has registered 2,318 infections this year. Young people are particularly affected.
This year the U.S. records its worst outbreak of measles in three and a half decades, a rise in infections associated in part with reticence to vaccination, according to official figures published on Friday.
CDC has announced record measles numbers. See how bad cases have been.
With more than five months left in the year, 2026 is the worst for measles in 35 years. Public health officials have warned that falling childhood vaccination rates have left more communities vulnerable to sustained outbreaks.
The measles spread rapidly in the USA. Already in the middle of the year, the number of infections exceeds the total number of the previous year. Children and adolescents in particular are affected by the infection wave.
Due to vaccine refusal and non-medical exemptions, a measles outbreak not seen in 35 years is raging in the United States.
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