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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease
While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, especially children, to get oxygen into their lungs. It may also lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities.
Measles cases reach highest point since the disease was eliminated in U.S. in 2000
Measles cases in the United States are the highest they’ve been since the country eliminated the disease in 2000. The U.S. has reported 1,277 cases since the start of the year, according to NBC News’ tally of state health department data.
Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...
This year is the worst for measles spread in the U.S. since 1991. The news comes as Missouri has become the 18th state with ...
Measles cases in the United States have reached their highest number in more than 30 years, according to new federal data ...
Vaccination rates for kindergartners have fallen nationally.
Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the ...
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and ...
News of the case was first shared by the South Carolina Department of Health, which said the person was exposed to the virus ...
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