There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a ...

(AP) - Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just short of a 30-year high.

A CDC representative told the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that measles cases have hit a 'plateau' in the U.S ...

About three dozen of the nearly 1,200 measles infections in 2025 have been in people with two measles vaccine doses, the CDC says.

The U.S. is about to break a record for the number of reported measles cases in a year since the infection was considered ...

Wyoming is reporting its first measles case in 15 years as the infectious disease continues to spread across the United ...

At the first meeting of a controversial new group of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Measles is highly contagious among those who are unvaccinated; outbreaks can have severe health consequences in children ...

The last measles outbreak of a similar scale occurred in 2019, when a total of 1,274 cases were confirmed across the country. However, 2025 is shaping up to be the largest outbreak in 25 years. There ...

The CDC spokesperson said, "The MMR vaccine is the best way to protect against measles and its complications." "Disease symptoms are generally milder in vaccinated people," the spokesperson said.

A CDC representative told the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that measles cases have hit a 'plateau' in the U.S. as of June 25.

Measles vaccines are 97% effective at preventing measles after two doses and 93% after one dose, according to the CDC. The disease was previously eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, meaning there was ...