The United States registered more Measles cases In one year since the 2019 wave, the number continues to grow, the Data Details and Prevention Data Centers appear. The majority of infections were reported in the outbreak in West Texas Deaths to Two children.
The number of cases in Texas has grown alone 718While total cases throughout the country have reached 1024, with infections confirming at least 30 states.
Measles It is one of the most infectious diseases, and in some cases it can cause Severe infections In the lungs and brain that can lead to cognitive issues, deafness or death. But doctors and health officials say the vaccineAnd, which is usually given as part of the homogeneous-lubila (MMR) vaccine, is Very safe and effective.
While the symptoms of most people are improving, about 1 out of every 5 people who are not imprisoned get measles they will be transferred to the hospital. The Center for Disease Control says that about 1 out of every 1,000 measles will have a brain swelling that can lead to brain damage, and up to 3 out of every 1,000 children who are wounded.
The biggest outbreak so far this year in West Texas, but cases were reported in other states throughout the country as well.
The NEWS CBS data team tracks confirmed measles in the country as new data is released by government health departments and CDC. (The map is updated below on Friday when the center of diseases control its latest weekly numbers.)
Texas’s outbreak is mainly affected Children and adolescentsAlmost all of them were Non -fortified Or you have an unknown vaccination. The state and local health officials confirmed that the first patient had died was an unacceptable child of school age, and the second was an 8 -year -old girl. The Texas Ministry of Health said that none of the children had essential health conditions. New Mexico mentioned The death of an adult With measles.
The last death of measles was in the United States this year in 2019, when a 37 -year -old man died due to complex meningitis due to meningitis in California, according to the data of the Disease Control Center.
The largest number of confirmed cases in the United States in recent years were 1,274 in 2019, paid spread In New York, California and Washington State, but in most years the total was much lower.
Health experts refer to Low vaccination rates As a reason for the increase in Diseases that can be prevented Like measles.
Data Center data shows about 93 % of kindergarten in the United States vaccinated against measles during the academic year 2021-2022 and 92.7 % in the academic year 2023-2024. This is it Decrease from 95.2 % During the academic year 2019-2020-it is a decisive threshold to maintain people’s safety.
“When more than 95 % of people are vaccinated in a society, most people are protected through community immunity (herd immunity),” CDC cases.
Minister of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy JuniorWho has date Manufactured False and misleading claims About vaccines, support support for vaccination like A fatal outbreak It spread to the southwest.
“We encourage people to have a measles vaccine,” Kennedy said CBS News, chief medical correspondent Dr. John Labok in interview April 8, on the occasion of the first time Kennedy has publicly urged people to obtain a measles vaccine since it became the HHS secretary.
When Kennedy was asked about the official position of the federal government in the vaccine, Kennedy reiterated, “The position of the federal government, my position, is that people should get the measles vaccine,” but they added, “The government should not be imposed on it.”
