A public health official in Texas recently warned that the state's ongoing measles outbreak could last a year. Why are cases expected to keep rising?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun redeploying staff to respond to the deadly outbreak of measles in Texas, a spokesperson said Monday, a week after steep layoffs at the agency impacted its response to the spread of the virus.

A second child has died in Texas after contracting measles, The New York Times first reported Sunday—the second confirmed death from the disease in a decade—as more than 600 measles cases have now been confirmed in 20 states, with much of the outbreak centered in northwest Texas.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the curve is flattening in the measles outbreak in Texas. Public health experts say that's not what the data shows.

A second child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died from measles in Texas on April 3.

A large measles outbreak that spread through parts of New York State for nearly 12 months nearly cost the country its elimination status in 2019. The outbreak was contained in large part because of aggressive vaccine mandates, which helped substantially increase childhood immunization rates in the community.

On Tuesday at a press conference, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his department's handling of measles cases, including the outbreak in Texas should be a "model for the rest of the world.

The Trump administration clawed back $12 billion in grants for state and local health departments, leading to vaccine clinic cancellations.

The first case of measles in Florida was confirmed in a Miami-Dade County high school. Signs and symptoms of measles include a high fever, cough and runny nose. A rash appears 3-5 days after symptoms first appear. A second child has died from measles as the number of cases continues to grow in the United States.