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Measles Public Health Emergency - 2025 cases surpass all of 2024's cases
More than 300 measles cases have now been confirmed in 14 states across the United States.
In its weekly update on March 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 301 confirmed cases of measles in Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.
That’s more than the 285 measles cases reported in all of 2024.
Of the 301 cases reported in 2025 so far, 229 are in adults and children under the age of 20. CDC officials have attributed 280 cases to three different outbreaks in the country.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/measles-outbreak-2025-how-to-protect-yourself