Category: Measles
This Is How Measles Kills
Wired Measles is known for its characteristic rash, but it can have serious respiratory and neurologic complications. Declining vaccination rates are fueling a growing measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico that has so far been linked to two deaths. In late February, an unvaccinated child in Texas with no underlying health conditions became the first […]
Mar 12, 2025
Measles cases in Texas, New Mexico rise by 28 in five days as outbreak spreads
Reuters Texas and New Mexico on Tuesday reported an increase of 28 cases of measles in the last five days, bringing the total known infections to 256 in the two states since an outbreak began in late January. The outbreak, which started in West Texas, caused the first U.S. measles deaths in a decade. It […]
Mar 12, 2025
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
The Atlantic Peter greeted me in the mostly empty gravel parking lot of a Mennonite church on the outskirts of Seminole, a small city in West Texas surrounded by cotton and peanut fields. The brick building was tucked in a cobbled-together neighborhood of scrapyards, metal barns, and modest homes with long dirt driveways. No sign out […]
Mar 11, 2025
Second measles death reported in ongoing outbreak
NBC An unvaccinated adult in New Mexico tested positive for the measles virus after their death, the state Health Department said. The New Mexico Department of Health said Thursday that the state had its first measles death. A person in New Mexico tested positive for the measles virus after death, the state Health Department said. The official […]
Mar 11, 2025
Texas measles cases grow to 223, mostly among children and teens
ABC News The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 25 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the total to 223 cases, according to new data published Tuesday. Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, with 80 unvaccinated and 138 […]
Mar 11, 2025
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
NYT In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak. In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying […]
Mar 11, 2025
9 states report measles cases as outbreaks grow
The Hill One of the most contagious viruses in the world is spreading around the United States. So far in 2025 there have been three distinct measles outbreaks and at least 164 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention coming from nine states. The largest of the outbreaks is in West Texas, […]
Mar 5, 2025
Measles Outbreak Was Entirely Avoidable
Bloomberg Low vaccination rates contributed to the re-emergence of a disease declared eradicated in the US 25 years ago. A measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginning. It’s an entirely avoidable health emergency fueled by weaknesses […]
Mar 5, 2025
New York City officials report second measles case as Texas outbreak continues
USA Today As the measles outbreak continues to spread in Texas, cases have been reported in New Jersey as well as a second case in New York City. The New York City Department of Health said that one additional case of measles has been reported in New York City. “As a pediatrician and the State’s doctor, I want to […]
Mar 4, 2025
Why This Measles Outbreak Is Different
The Atlantic America’s regression could change the experience of childhood. In 2000, the CDC declared that measles had been eliminated from the United States. But now America is at risk of losing that status: A measles outbreak has sickened more than 150 people in Texas and New Mexico since late January. An unvaccinated school-aged child recently died […]
Mar 4, 2025