US Surpasses 1,000 Measles Cases

The AP (5/9, Shastri) reports, “The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, even as Texas posted one of its lowest counts of newly confirmed cases since its large outbreak began three months ago.” Most cases – 709 – are in Texas, where the outbreak has “spread measles to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas. ... Other states with active outbreaks — which the CDC defines as three or more related cases — include Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.”