So far in 2025, 164 cases of measles — including one confirmed death — have been reported in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why it matters: The outbreak comes at a time of dropping vaccination rates and declining trust in public health institutions.

As Texas continues to battle a growing measles outbreak largely among its unvaccinated children, six other states have confirmed cases, as well.

Texas announced the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade last week amid an ongoing outbreak. Here's where measles has been recorded.

The reason that we don’t get hundreds of cases like we did way in the past, before vaccination, is because of vaccination.”

The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The first shot is recommended for children between 12 and 15 months old and the second between 4 and 6 years old.

Known for his anti-vaccination stance, the new US Secretary of Health is facing his first challenge: Curbing the mainly Texas-based measles epidemic which has been encouraged by low vaccination coverage.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - One of Georgia’s boarder states reported its first measles case this year, expanding the number of states with measles cases to ten. Florida is the latest state to report as ...

There have been nine cases of measles reported by the New Mexico Department of Health. The cases come following an outbreak in Lea County. The county is close to Gaines County, Texas, which is the area at the center of the Lone Star State’s outbreak.

A measles outbreak in the American southwest has killed a second person, an unvaccinated adult, New Mexico health officials have said. The fatality comes roughly a week after measles took the life of an unvaccinated child in nearby Texas, the first US death from the disease since 2015.

Here’s what to know about the current measles outbreak, how common the measles is in the U.S., how it spreads and what the symptoms and treatment are.