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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 ...
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 ...
That trend is continuing this year, threatening to reverse an impressive 73% drop in measles deaths worldwide from 2000 to 2018. Cases in the U.S. are climbing, too.
Measles vaccination averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000 and 2023. But, more than 22 million children missed their first dose in 2023. Only 74 percent of children received the ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Measles is highly contagious, and unvaccinated people have a 90% chance of becoming infected if they are exposed. Late last month there was a large outbreak in Florida, and in January there was ...