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Young boy with measles in 1968. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000 by the World Health Organization due to the success of vaccination efforts. [1] However, it continues to be reintroduced by international travelers, [1] and in recent years, anti-vaccination sentiment has allowed for the reemergence of measles ...
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 ...
In early 2010, there was a serious outbreak of measles in the Philippines with 742 cases, leaving four unvaccinated children dead in the capital city of Manila. [103] In late 2013, it was reported in the Philippines that 6,497 measles cases occurred which resulted in 23 deaths. [104] In 2014 the Philippines experienced a large measles outbreak.
Additionally, there were 16 outbreaks in 2024 compared to just four in 2023. A measles outbreak is defined as three or more related cases, with disruptive outbreaks defined as 20 or more cases per ...
(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.
2012 outbreak of Salmonella; 2012–2013 flu season; 2014 enterovirus D68 outbreak; 2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks; 2015 United States E. coli outbreak; 2015 United States H5N2 outbreak; 2016 United States Elizabethkingia outbreak; 2017–2018 United States flu season; 2018 United States adenovirus outbreak; 2019 New York measles ...
At least 41 measles cases have been reported in 16 states since the start of the year, according to the newest tally by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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, according to the CDC. U.S. measles cases ...