Measles

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

A person attended a Shakira concert at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey while infectious with measles. Health officials are asking people who attended to monitor for symptoms.

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)

US measles case count climbs slightly to 1,046 cases, while Indiana’s outbreak ends

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

Latest Videos

In Mexico’s measles outbreak, Mennonites face vaccine misinformation

Mexico is battling its worst measles outbreak in decades, with cases surging in the northern border state of Chihuahua, home to a large Mennonite community wary of vaccines. As infections rise across North America, officials say misinformation and deep-seated distrust of authorities are fueling the crisis. (AP Video: Martín Silva Rey)

Watch More

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

AP Top Stories April 7 A

Trump on measles outbreak: ‘It’s so far a fairly small number of people’

More News

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

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

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

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

Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child’s death

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 is popping up in the US. Here’s how to avoid one of the world’s most contagious viruses

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

The measles situation worldwide: Fewer vaccinations and more outbreaks

A vehicle drives past a sign outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?

Covenant Children's Hospital is pictured from outside the emergency entrance on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade

A person hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died, the first in an outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people

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

Measles cases continue to rise in rural parts of West Texas, with 124 confirmed

Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It’s the state’s worst in nearly 30 years

Texas measles outbreak grows to 48 cases, the state’s worst in nearly 30 years

Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

10 new cases of measles reported in West Texas county and New Mexico

Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Fifteen cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions

Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, foreground right, shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before he left the the 57th Independence Celebration in Mulinu'u, Samoa, on June 1, 2019. At foreground left is Kennedy's wife, actress Cheryl Hines. Kennedy said the trip was arranged by Edwin Tamasese, a local anti-vaccine influencer. (Misiona Simo/Samoa Observer via AP, File)

RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa’s health chief says