Measles Outbreak

Two people have died from measles in the United States this year, one in Texas and the other in New Mexico. Both were unvaccinated. As of the end of last month, there were 483 confirmed cases of measles in 2025, surpassing all of 2024’s total of 285 cases in just three months. 97 percent of this year’s measles patients were unvaccinated.

Texas has the lion’s share of measles, with 400 cases. The other 83 cases were spread throughout Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.

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