The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks

By DEVI SHASTRI
Updated 3:22 PM EDT, May 9, 2025

The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, even as Texas posted one of its lowest counts of newly confirmed cases since its large outbreak began three months ago.

Texas still accounts for the vast majority of cases in the U.S., with 709 confirmed as of Friday in an outbreak that also spread measles to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.Two unvaccinated elementary school-aged children died from measles-related illnesses in the epicenter in West Texas, and an adult in New Mexico who was not vaccinated died of a measles-related illness.

Other states with active outbreaks — which the CDC defines as three or more related cases — include Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

North America has two other ongoing outbreaks, all of which are the same measles strain. One outbreak in Ontario, Canada, has resulted in 1,440 cases from mid-October through May 6, up 197 cases in a week. And the Mexican state of Chihuahua had 1,041 measles cases and one death as of Friday, according to data from the state health ministry.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-vaccination-us-rfk-mmr-8fb86f56b0892408680daae4a52047e6

[Shell_Seas]

1. Are we a pandemic yet?

[Irish_Dem]

2. Do we even know if these numbers are accurate?

Much of the govt has been gutted, and Trump is capable of lying about the numbers.

The numbers could be higher.

[yankee87]

3. Great point

Remember Covid, Florida said they wouldn’t count cases.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Seems like we have been at about 1000 measles case for some time now.

Perhaps not accurate.

[mopinko]

6. there was a report the other day of a case here in cook co.

but i have yet to see illinois on the list.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Just like Covid. Under counted and under reported.

[Captain Zero]

7. Oh they are higher. T lies about everything.

Lying is just his preferred PR stance.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. And Bobby Brain Worm has done NOTHING to address it.

[fargone]

9. ND had 9 cases as of 3 days ago

I did not see those listed. All are in a northwestern county around Williston and all were unvaccinated.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. I wonder what the breakout/percentage is (the measles running out of control among the population)?

As one of the original folks back in the 60s or so, getting our measles shots (among others), all of which were very common experiences for all of us, vaccines were looked at as a wonder technology (vs. the idiots that knock these vaccines today).

I guess if someone has a loudmouth, a megaphone in hand, their viewpoints become the main point of discussions and all other discussions become moot. A very sorry thing indeed.

What it is about tRUMP that these diseases seem to make a comeback during his administration? The only I anticipated w/ tRUMP was that the crazies would go to the forefront of discussions and their viewpoints became somehow more valid, even though the science behind a lot of these idiot's claims is non-existent.

[pansypoo53219]

11. i can't believe wi still has no measels. every border state has them.