Overview
- The U.S. outbreak has topped 1,200 confirmed cases across 37 states, marking the largest resurgence since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.
- Kentucky has logged five linked infections in Woodford and Fayette counties plus an unrelated importation in Todd County, and none of the patients were vaccinated.
- Wyoming confirmed its first measles case in 15 years in an unvaccinated child, and Utah’s health department reports nine infections—all among unvaccinated residents concentrated in Utah County.
- Texas has recorded 753 cases since January, with 710 among unvaccinated individuals, and Bexar County reported its first isolated case this year.
- Health officials are intensifying exposure notifications and expanding MMR vaccination clinics to bolster herd immunity and contain community spread.