US measles cases have been chaired 700 since Friday, capturing a week in which Indiana joined five other states with active explosions, Texas grew by 60 other cases, and a third death associated with measles became public.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He claimed at a television meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday that measles cases were flat nationwide, but the virus continues to spread mainly to people who are not vaccinated, and US centers for controlling and preventing diseases reproduced a team in West Texas.
SH.BA has more than double the number of measles cases that he saw throughout 2024, and Texas is reporting most of them with 541.
Texas cases include two non -vaccinated elementary children who died of measles -related diseases near the Epiclic Epiclic in West Texas rural, which made Kennedy visit the community on Sunday. The third person who died was an adult in New Mexico who was not vaccinated.
Other states with active outbursts – defined as three or more cases – include New Mexico, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma.
Multistate proliferation confirms the fears of health experts that the virus will maintain in other US communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread can extend for one year.
The World Health Organization has said that cases in Mexico are related to the Texas explosion.
Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that is in the air and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezing or cough.
It is preventable through vaccines and has been considered by the US since 2000.
Here’s what else you need to know about measles in the SH.BA
How many cases do you have in Texas and New Mexico?
Texas spread began at the end of January. State health officials said on Friday that there were 36 new measles cases since Tuesday, bringing the total to 541 to 22 counties – most of them in West Texas.
A total of 56 texans have been hospitalized throughout the explosion.
From the confirmed cases, state health officials estimated on Friday that about 5% are actively infectious.
Sixty -five percent of Texas cases are in the Gaine district, population 22,892, where the virus began to spread to a narrow community of underwater mennonite.
The district has recorded 355 cases since the end of January – just over 1% of the district residents.
Last week’s death in Texas was an 8-year-old child, according to Kennedy.
Texas health officials said the child had no basic health conditions and died of “what the child’s doctor described as a pulmonary failure of the measles”.
One child died from measles to Texas at the end of February – Kennedy said at the age of 6.
New Mexico announced two new cases on Friday, bringing state total to 58. State health officials say the cases are related to the Texas explosion based on genetic testing.
Most are in Lea County, where two people are hospitalized, two are in Eddy County, and one is in Chaves County.
New Mexico reported her first measles -related death in an adult on March 6.
How many cases are there in Kansas?
Kansas has 32 cases in eight districts in the southwestern state of the state, health officials announced on Wednesday.
Two of the districts, Finney and Ford, are new to the list and are the main population centers in that part of the state. Haskell District has the most with eight cases, Stevens County has seven, Kiowa District has six, and the rest has five or fewer.
The first reported case of the state, identified in Stevens District on March 13, is linked to Texas and New Mexico explosions based on genetic testing, said a spokesman for the State Health Department.
However, health officials have not determined how the person was exposed.
How many cases are there in Oklahoma?
The cases in Oklahoma increased on Friday to 12 in total: nine confirmed and three possible cases.
The first two possible cases were “accompanied” with West Texas and New Mexico outbursts, the State Health Department said.
A spokesman for the State Health Department said measles exposures had been confirmed in Tulsa and Rogers counties but would not say which circles had cases.
How many cases are there in Ohio?
The Ohio Health Department confirmed 20 cases of measles in the state since Thursday: 11 in Ashtabula District near Cleveland, seven in Knox county, and one in Allen and Holmes.
Ohio is not involving non -residents in his count, a spokesman for the State Health Department for the Associated Press said.
The explosion of the Knox circuit in the East-Central Ohio has infected a total of 14 people, according to a news statement from the District Health Department, but seven of them do not live in Ohio.
In 2022, an explosion of measles in the center of the sick Ohio 85.
The spread in the Ashtabula district began with an undefined adult, who had interacted with someone who had traveled internationally.
How many cases are there in Indiana?
Indiana confirmed six related measles cases in Allen district in the northeastern part of the state – four are non -vaccinated juveniles, and two are grown, whose vaccination status is unknown.
The cases have no connection with other outbursts, the Allen District Health Department said Wednesday. The first case was confirmed on Monday.
Where else is the measles appearing in SH.BA?
Measles have also been reported in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
US centers for disease control and prevention define an outbreak as three or more related cases.
The agency has counted seven groups that qualified as explosions in 2025 since Friday.
In the US, cases and explosions are often traced to someone who captured the disease abroad. It can then spread, especially in communities with low vaccination rates. In 2019, the US saw 1,274 cases and almost lost its status to eliminate measles.
So far, in 2025, the CDC count is 712.
Need an MMR booster?
The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR).
The first blow is recommended for children between 12 and 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years.
People at high risk for infection that took shootings many years ago may want to consider getting an amplifier if they live in an area with an explosion, Scott Weaver said with the global virus network, an international coalition.
These may include family members living with someone who has measles or particularly susceptible to respiratory diseases due to underlying medical conditions.
Adults with “alleged immunity evidence” generally do not need to shoot measles now, CDC said.
The criteria include the written documentation of adequate vaccination earlier in life, confirmation in the laboratory of past infection, or born before 1957, when most people are likely to be infected naturally.
A doctor can order an laboratory test called an MMR titer to control your measles antibody levels, but experts do not always recommend it, and health insurance plans may not cover it.
Getting another MMR blow is harmless if there are concerns about the immunity of pallor, says CDC.
People who have documentation to receive a direct measles vaccine in the 1960s do not need to be revacciated, but the people who were immunized before 1968 with an ineffective measles vaccine made by a “killed” virus should be revacted with at least one dose, the agency said.
This also includes people who do not know which kind they have received.
What are the symptoms of measles?
Measles first infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body, causing a high fever, windy nose, cough, red, watery eyes and a rash.
The rash generally appears three to five days after the first symptoms, starting like red spots on the face and then spreads down to the neck, luggage, arms, legs and legs.
When the rash occurs, the fever can increase over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the CDC.
Most children will recover from measles, but infection can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and death.
How can you treat measles?
There is no specific treatment for measles, so doctors generally try to relieve symptoms, prevent complications and keep patients calm.
Why do vaccination rates matter?
In communities with high vaccination rates – over 95% – diseases like measles have a more difficult time spreading through communities. This is called “herd immunity”.
But the level of childhood vaccination has fallen nationwide since the pandemia, and more parents are seeking to relinquish religious or personal conscience to exclude their children from the required shootings.
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