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As measles cases mount in the US, what’s the situation worldwide?

As measles cases mount in the US, what’s the situation worldwide?
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Source: The Independent
Author: The Associated Press
Published: Feb, 27 2025 08:15

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Independent experts declared the Americas free of endemic measles in 2016 but that status was lost in 2018 due to measles outbreaks in Brazil and Venezuela.

The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas.

Britain reported 2,911 confirmed measles cases in 2024, the highest number of cases recorded annually, since 2012.

Measles cases in the United States last year were nearly double the total for all of 2023, raising concerns about the preventable, once-common childhood virus.

Health officials confirmed measles cases in at least 18 states in 2024, including in New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago.

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