US EditionMeasles cases approach 150 in ongoing West Texas outbreak
- A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, has reached 155 cases, marking the state's largest outbreak in 33 years. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported that most cases involve unvaccinated individuals.
- A child has died in the outbreak, marking the first measles death in the U.S. Since 2015.
- The CDC is actively responding to the outbreak in Texas and is partnering with local authorities to control it, providing urgent public health support.
- Misinformation on social media falsely links the outbreak to a public health initiative distributing free measles vaccines, despite expert consensus that vaccines do not cause outbreaks.
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West Fargo Sanford Pediatrician Speaks On The Rising Cases of Measles
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Measles, it’s one of the most contagious infectious diseases that can live up in the air for 2 hours. “And so, you have that entire like two-week period where you don’t know where you caught it. You don’t know how contagious you’ve been. Typically you’re actually contagious right when that first fever starts, but who knows, you know, it hasn’t declared itself all that well yet,” said Dr. Brandon Meyer, MD General Pediat…
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Idaho Capital SunIdaho families must act now to prevent a measles outbreak
As a pediatrician who has been working in this state for over twenty years, I am deeply concerned about the rising threat of measles across the United States and what it could mean for Idaho. Recent outbreaks in Texas and…
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