UW Medicine ramps up measles testing as nationwide outbreak grows

We study pandemics; the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming

Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Brown University and Andrea Uhlig, Brown University In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare – a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it sometimes fails to make headlines when a new outbreak erupts. As of March 2026, measles has been continuously circulating around the U.S. for more than a year, starting with an…

UW Medicine ramps up measles testing as nationwide outbreak grows

SEATTLE — Measles testing is ramping up at UW Medicine as the Puget Sound area gets ready to welcome a flood of out-of-state visitors this summer, potentially coinciding with a nationwide outbreak fueled by a virus known to spread largely…