Overview
- Kentucky has confirmed five measles cases, four linked to a cluster that spread from Woodford County to Fayette County.
- The U.S. has recorded 1,267 confirmed measles cases in 2025, marking the largest outbreak since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.
- Three fatalities among unvaccinated individuals—two children in West Texas and one adult in New Mexico—have been reported this year.
- Kentucky Health Secretary Steven Stack is urging parents to vaccinate their children as state and federal officials intensify immunization campaigns.
- Declining MMR vaccination rates have fallen below the 95 percent threshold necessary for herd immunity due to pandemic disruptions and persistent misinformation.