The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago, just as a key Senate committee split the vote to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the public health agency.

More people have contracted measles in the US so far this year than in any year in the last three decades. New data from Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 1,288 infections this year through 38 states,

The majority, 92%, occurred in unvaccinated people and children under the age of 19. There have been three confirmed deaths. Though Demetre Daskalakis, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,

The US has reported 1,288 measles cases so far in 2025, and outbreaks are ongoing in more than dozen states. View on euronews

The United States has recorded 1,288 measles cases so far this year, the highest total in 33 years, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data out Wednesday.  Just over halfway through 2025,

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News of the case was first shared by the South Carolina Department of Health, which said the person was exposed to the virus on an international trip.