There have been 1,277 confirmed cases of measles this year, which has eclipsed 2019 to become the highest annual total since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. And there is still half

While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, especially children, to get oxygen into their lungs. It may also lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities.

The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Measles cases in the United States have reached their highest number in more than 30 years, according to new federal data published Wednesday.

Already in 2025, the United States has reported more measles cases than in any full year since the early '90s, according to federal data. And that record-setting case count has been driven by a massive outbreak that began in Texas.

The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.

CDC data shows 2025 is now the worst year for measles cases in this country in more than three decades. More than 150 people have been hospitalized due to the growing outbreak and three have died, including two unvaccinated children in Texas.

After being declared "eliminated" in the United States in 2000, confirmed cases of measles — a highly infectious disease — have hit a 33-year high at 1,288 so far this year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that cases surpassed 2019,

Three deaths reported nationally as Ohio's outbreak ends with 35 cases, while Texas accounts for 753 infections in the largest national surge since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.

The number of reported measles cases in the United States has hit 1,288 in the first six months of this year, the most since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.

N.Y., on Friday urged Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to declare a public health emergency for measles after confirmed cases of the virus reached their highest number in more than three decades.