By late February, a 6-year-old unvaccinated girl died of measles-related pneumonia — the first U.S. measles death since 2015 ...

Measles, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, has reemerged due to lower vaccination rates, causing a major outbreak in 2025. The highly contagious virus spreads through the air and can lead ...

Louisiana’s first reported measles case in 2025 was confirmed in New Orleans on Saturday, April 19. According to the ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC reports that 96% of measles cases in the U.S. are in people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown. FG Trade/Getty Images The growing measles ...

Illinois health officials reported the state’s first case of measles of the year Wednesday, though much of the measles cases in the U.S. remain centered in Texas, which confirmed earlier this ...

DALLAS — Over 600 cases of measles have been reported in Texas, including seven here in North Texas, and two children in Lubbock have died from the virus, health officials said. The number of ...

As the measles outbreak continues in West Texas and two neighboring states, The Dallas Morning News will keep this page updated with information on confirmed cases. The Texas Department of State ...

The U.S. has 800 cases of measles nationwide as of Friday, and two more states identified outbreaks this week. Texas is driving the high numbers, with an outbreak centered in West Texas that started ...

UPDATE APRIL 24, 2025: Illinois has joined the growing list of states reporting measles cases, with health officials identifying the first case this year in the state on Wednesday, reports WGN.

Tennessee health officials confirmed a measles outbreak on Thursday, bringing the number of U.S. states with outbreaks to 10. Nearly a week ago, the U.S. was up to 800 cases of measles nationwide.

Measles cases in the European region doubled to 127,350 in 2024, reaching the highest level in nearly three decades and leading to 38 deaths, according to data from the World Health Organization ...