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Measles cases and outbreaks have been reported across the U.S. in recent weeks. The CDC as of Thursday had reported 45 cases across 17 states this year, compared to 58 cases for all of 2023.
Measles cases in the U.S. continue to increase, so much so that this year's amount has already surpassed 2023's total, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).. As of ...
A California medical facility is trying to contact about 300 people who were possibly exposed to measles after a child was treated for the contagious viral illness at a hospital in Sacramento last ...
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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.
Previously eradicated in the United States, the CDC states there have already been 159 confirmed cases of the disease in 2024, almost triple the 2023 yearly total of 58.
In early 2008 there was an outbreak of measles in San Diego, California. The outbreak is traced to an unvaccinated 7-year-old child who went on a family trip to Europe. [66] [67] The CDC refers to this as an "import-associated outbreak". [66] The final diagnosis included 11 additional cases of measles in unvaccinated children in San Diego. [66]
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.