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(The measles vaccine is given in two doses: one at a year, the next at age 4-6.) Vaccination rates in the U.S. are declining, too, and vaccination exemption rates are creeping up.
Last year, there were 10.3 million cases of measles globally -- an increase of 20% from the previous year, according to a newly released report from the World Health Organization. Nearly 107,500 ...
Today, 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized, and roughly 1 to 3 out of every 1,000 children with measles die from complications, ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.
The disease is still common in many parts of the world, and measles reaches the U.S. through unvaccinated travelers. According to Thursday’s report, most of the recent importations involved unvaccinated Americans who got infected in the Middle East and Africa and brought measles back to the U.S.
There have already been more reported measles cases in 2024 than there were in all of 2023, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were a total of 58 reported cases of measles throughout all of last year. So far this year, the CDC said 17 different states reported measles cases, compared to 20 jurisdictions for all of 2023.
In 2018, 371 cases of measles were confirmed in the United States. From January to August 2019, 1215 cases across 30 states had been confirmed as measles by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [4] This is the largest number of cases in one calendar year since the disease was declared eliminated. [5]
The CDC said the most recently reported number of measles cases in the United States (64) has already surpassed 2023's grand total (58).