US Records Over 300 Measles Cases In First Three Months Of 2025, CDC Data Show

The Hill (3/14, Weixel) reported, “The U.S. has recorded more than 300 cases of measles in just the first three months of this year, according to data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most infections recorded in a single year since 2019.” Over “90 percent of those cases are linked to a growing outbreak that began in western Texas and has now spread to New Mexico.” According to The Hill, “the Texas Department of State Health Services recorded 259 cases Friday, and an additional 35 in New Mexico.” According to the “CDC, at least 50 people have been hospitalized.” Reuters (3/14, Satija, Sunny) said the US “reported 285 total infections last year, based on data from the” CDC. Cases in Texas and New Mexico “increased by 38” over a three-day period, “data from the health departments of the two states showed on Friday.” According to Reuters, “there were 174 cases from Gaines County in Texas, the center of the outbreak, compared with 156 cases on March 11.”