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UK Pediatric Wards Strained as U.S. Measles Cases Hit 30-Year High

Urgent calls for MMR shots follow plunging uptake that has caused serious child hospitalizations in Liverpool alongside three unvaccinated deaths in the U.S., threatening to reverse decades of elimination.

FILE - A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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Overview

  • Alder Hey Children’s Hospital reports multiple children are seriously unwell with measles as case numbers surge across Merseyside.
  • UK Health Security Agency data show 133 cases from late May to June and 420 cases in England from January through May, with MMR coverage at 88%.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention records 1,288 U.S. measles cases in 38 states this year, the highest total since 1992.
  • Two unvaccinated children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico have died, and hospitalizations are rising amid vaccine hesitancy and funding cuts.
  • CDC experts warn that continued transmission into early 2026 could forfeit the U.S. measles-elimination status and urge immediate MMR vaccination to restore herd immunity.