U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease eliminated
STAT
JULY 9, 2025
The United States has now recorded more confirmed measles cases this year than in any year in well over a quarter-century — and 2025 is only just past the halfway mark. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the number of confirmed measles cases in the country had risen to 1,288, exceeding the 1,274 cases reported in 2019, to become the highest single-year total since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.
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