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In the United States, there have been 277 measles cases reported across 30 states and the District of Columbia in 2024, more than four times the number of cases last year when there were 59 cases ...
Measles cases in the US from 1938 to 2019. Before the vaccine was available in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about three to four million were infected each year, of which approx. 500,000 were reported, with 400 to 500 people dying and 48,000 being hospitalized as a result.
The CDC said the most recently reported number of measles cases in the United States (64) has already surpassed 2023's grand total (58).
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 2019, 1,274 reported measles cases drew concern as this was the largest reported number of cases in the United States since 1992. Cases were mostly unvaccinated individuals. In 2021, cases went down to only 49 reported cases in the United States. [94] In 2022, cases jumped to 121 reported cases. [60]
The 2019 measles epidemic was the worst in almost three decades, and threatened the United States' status as a country that has eliminated measles by stopping the continual spread of the measles ...
Measles as an endemic disease was eliminated from the United States in 2000, but continues to be reintroduced by international travelers. [184] In 2019 there were at least 1,241 cases of measles in the United States distributed across 31 states, with over three quarters in New York. [185]
Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. About ...