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Measles Resurgence Prompts Emergency Responses Across the Americas

Health ministries have issued multiple alerts to deploy rapid response teams in a bid to restore two-dose MMR coverage before measles becomes endemic.

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FILE - A health worker talks to people before administering measles tests outside Seminole Hospital District, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Overview

  • Mexico’s Health Ministry issued a third epidemiological alert after confirming 3,095 cases concentrated in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, where 92% of patients lacked prior vaccination.
  • Durango authorities are awaiting lab results for two suspected cases in La Laguna, while Chiapas confirmed its first imported case in a four-year-old traveler.
  • Sinaloa launched an intensive MMR vaccination campaign targeting children, healthcare workers and incoming agricultural laborers following five imported measles cases.
  • The United States has recorded 1,288 confirmed measles infections across 38 states, its highest tally since 1992, with 92% of cases occurring in unvaccinated people.
  • Bolivia’s Health Ministry declared a national emergency after 97 confirmed cases and mobilized intensive vaccination brigades in Santa Cruz and other affected departments.