The case of measles in the US has exceeded 900 because the plague continues to spread throughout the region, according to the new center for disease control and prevention data Published Friday.
A total of 935 cases have been confirmed in 29 States including Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missour, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
At least six states including Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio and Texas reported the plague, which means three related or more cases.
CDC said 13% of measles patients in the US this year had been hospitalized this year, most of whom were under 19 years old.
Among the cases that were confirmed nationally, the CDC said around 96% were among those who were not vaccinated or unknown vaccination status.
Meanwhile, 2% are among those who only receive one dose from measles, goiter, rubella vaccine (MMR) and 2% are among those who receive the two required doses, according to the CDC.
Measles boxes and bottles, goiter, rubella virus vaccine in the vaccine clinic installed by the Lubbock community health Ministry, on March 1, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.
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Conrad Fischer, Head of Infectious Diseases at One Brooklyn Health in New York City, told ABC News that he was worried about the increasing number of cases in the US
“This is a disease that is at the total eradication level; this should not occur,” he said. “It is very sad to have a very safe vaccine that has been used in billions of people and has a kind of socio -cultural amnesia about what these diseases are like in the past.”
In the decade before the measles vaccine is available, CDC estimation That 3 to 4 million in the US is fed up by measles every year, around 48,000 hospitalized and around 400 to 500 people died. Around 1,000 people suffer from encephalitis, which swell the brain.
Measles expressed eliminated From the US in 2000 due to a very effective vaccination program, according to CDC. But the level of vaccination has been lagging behind in recent years, which leads to an increase in cases.
In Texas, where the plague has spread in the western part of the state, at least 663 cases have been confirmed on Tuesday, according to Texas State Health Services Department.
Meanwhile, officials in the Denton area – in the eastern part of the state outside Dallas and Fort Worth – report The first measles kasing This week at a patient who attended the Texas Rangers match.
Infected individuals, adults with unknown vaccination status, visit the Globe Life Field and several restaurants and other locations, said Denton officials.
In addition, Chicago reported his first measles case this week, one in a suburban Cook County resident with an unknown vaccination status and another in an adult Chicago resident who traveled internationally and received a MMR vaccine dose, according to them Department of Community Health Chicago and Department of Community Health Cook Regency.
It appeared when the WHO report this week found that cases in America were 11 times higher this year than at the same time last year.
Six countries, including the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Belize and Brazil, have reported a total of 2,318 cases so far this year. Last year had 205 cases simultaneously.
A sign seen outside the clinic with the South Plains community health district, on February 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas.
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Fischer says measles is not a benign virus and can cause serious complications, especially among vulnerable individuals such as small children and people who experience immunocompromy.
“Measles has the opportunity to completely destroy your brain, causing pneumonia, ear infections and, although only fatal to a small number of people, it spreads very easily so that even if it is only a few percentages, it’s something very dangerous,” he said.
Fischer emphasizes that measles is the most contagious infectious disease that is known to humans, even compared to other dangerous diseases such as tuberculosis.
“For example, tuberculosis will only spread to two or 3% of people who are exposed,” he said. “But if you are not vaccinated and you are exposed to someone with measles, you have a 90% chance to get the infection.”
Dr. Whitney Harrington, a doctor in the infectious disease division at the Seattle Children’s Hospital, told ABC News that the US at risk of measles became endemic again unless the vaccination rate increased.
CDC at this time recommend That people receive two MMR vaccine doses, the first is at the age of 12 to 15 months and the second is between 4 and 6 years. One dose is 93% effective, and two effective doses of 97% of measles, said CDC.
“We really know that the vaccine is the only most important public health intervention to prevent infectious diseases,” Harrington said. “And we know that they have dramatically reduced the number of cases and the severity of cases of many infections, including measles.”
He encourages parents who have not vaccinated their children not to talk to doctors or health care providers about vaccination and the benefits of vaccination.
ABC News Yoi ‘Benadjaoud contributed to this report.