Measles

A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

US measles cases surpass 2019 count, while Missouri is latest state with an outbreak

This year is the worst for measles spread in the U.S. since 1991. The news comes as Missouri has become the 18th state with an outbreak in 2025.

A sign is displayed outside the Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades

Jacque Farnham, 60, left, walks with her mother, Janith, 80, to the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, S.D., on May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

Katie Van Tornhout sits with her son, Cain, at home in Lakeville, Ind., on May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent

A section on measles is visible in the American Academy of Pediatrics Red Book seen at Hobbs Medical Clinic Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Hobbs, N.M. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

New Mexico announces measles outbreak in a county detention facility

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Doctor who helped declare measles elimination in US expresses concern over highest case count in decades

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. Dr. Jonathan Temte, who helped declare the virus eliminated from the country in 2000, is worried for where we are now. (AP Video: Laura Bargfeld & Mary Conlon)

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A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases

A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Kentucky confirms measles outbreak as US nears its highest case count in more than 30 years

Vials for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)

All international travelers should get measles vaccinations, CDC says

Shakira performs at MetLife Stadium on Friday, May 16, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Measles is very contagious. Here’s how to avoid it

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears during a budget hearing before a House Appropriations, Subcommittee at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Lawmakers question Kennedy on staffing cuts, funding freezes and policy changes at health department

FILE -A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez), File)

Measles outbreaks in Michigan and Pennsylvania end, while Texas logs just 4 new cases

Mennonites Abraham Fehr and Katarina Wall hold their baby as he gets vaccinated weeks after the family fell sick with measles during an outbreak in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua state, Mexico, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Megan Janetsky)

Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak rippling out from Mennonite community

A health worker prepares a dose of the measles vaccine in shopping mall in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.'s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, stands with Dr. Ben Edwards, right, outside the Reinlander Mennonite Church in Seminole, Texas, on Sunday, April 6, 2025, after a second measles death. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)

Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer

Translating what Kennedy’s anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

RFK Jr.'s mixed message about the measles outbreaks draws criticism from health officials

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Translating what Kennedy’s anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak

A vaccination that includes a polio dose is prepared for a child at the Dallas County Health and Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Takeaways from AP’s report on how flat funding set stage for Texas measles outbreak, might fuel more

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)

North Dakota is 11th US state with a measles outbreak. Here’s what to know

Tiny Tots U Learning Academy has multiple measles cases, as seen Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)

Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s visiting Texas in the wake of second measles-related death of a child

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, arrives at Reinlander Mennonite Church after a second measles death, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)

RFK Jr. visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after death of second child who was infected

A second child died from measles-related illness in growing Texas outbreak, hospital spokesman says

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Kansas measles cases double to 23 and new Ohio outbreak sickens 10

Matt Caldwell, left, a Lubbock Fire Department official, administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Clair May, 61, at the Lubbock Health Department, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Texas measles outbreak expected to last for months, though vaccinations are up from last year

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin and President Donald Trump speak during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

RFK Jr.’s first month as health secretary: Touting French fries and casting doubts on vaccines

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997

A measles sign is seen at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Feb. 25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)

Indiana joins list of states with 3 or more cases of measles. Here’s what to know

Matt Caldwell, left, a Lubbock Fire Department official, administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Clair May, 61, at the Lubbock Health Department, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

West Texas reports nearly 200 measles cases. New Mexico is up to 30

Matt Caldwell, left, a Lubbock Fire Department official, administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Clair May, 61, at the Lubbock Health Department, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

New Mexico adult dies with measles, though cause of death isn’t yet confirmed

A child holds a man's finger during a service at Community Church of Seminole, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates