Note: These are New Mexico’s first measles cases since 2024, with two cases reported last year. Prior to last year the last cases in the state were in 2021. (KMID/KPEJ)- The New Mexico Department of Health has reported that three people tested positive for the measles last week and has declared a “measles outbreak” in

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles. Public health officials in New Mexico have said they suspect some of the state’s cases are linked to the Texas outbreak, but haven’t confirmed it.