Texas Measles Outbreak Pushes US Case Count Past 2024 Total
Less than three full months into 2025, US measles cases have outpaced last year’s total, as a worrying outbreak linked to two deaths continues to spread.
U.S. measles cases so far this year top total case count in 2024
Only two and a half months into the new year, the measles cases recorded from the U.S. have already surpassed the total cases reported for all of 2024, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Texas measles outbreak grows as US surpasses case count from 2024
The measles outbreak in Texas has risen by 36 cases, pushing the US case count for the year past the number for all of 2024.
West Texas measles outbreak case count rises to 223
The Texas Department of State Health Services updated the official case count in the deadly measles outbreak to xxx.
Measles Cases Reach Nearly 300 Total in Texas and New Mexico. Here’s What to Know
Texas state health officials said Friday there were 36 new cases of measles since Tuesday, bringing Texas' total to 259. Five more people were hospitalized, for a total of 34. The outbreak has spread to two new counties: Cochran in West Texas with six and Lamar in the northeast part of the state with four.
Texas measles cases rise to 223, but no new counties included in outbreak
Texas is now reporting 223 measles cases in the outbreak that began in Gaines County. There are dozens more cases in New Mexico, too.
U.S. measles cases top 2024 total as outbreaks surpass 300 infections in 15 states
Measles cases have surpassed 300 in the U.S. in 2025 thus far, more than the total number of infections seen in all of 2024.
Three months into 2025, US measles cases surpass total for 2024
Three months into 2025, the United States has surpassed the total number of measles cases in the country for all of last year.
Texas measles outbreak grows to 159 cases
The measles outbreak that began in West Texas has now grown to 159 confirmed cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Tuesday afternoon. The case count, up from 146 cases on Friday, is still spread across nine counties in West Texas and the Panhandle, with no new counties impacted as of Tuesday.
WHO Report Shows Measles Spreading Across The World As Cases In The US Surpass Total For 2024
The United States has already experienced more cases of measles in the country in the two-and-a-half months of 2025 than it did the entire year of 2024.
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Measles cases in Texas rise to 259, state health department says
Cases in Gaines county, the center of the outbreak, rose to 174 from 156 cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services ...
West Texas reports nearly 200 measles cases. New Mexico is up to 30
Health officials say West Texas now has almost 200 measles cases and New Mexico's case number has tripled to 30.
US measles cases jump 35% in a week: Now found in 12 states
U.S. measles cases jumped by a third over the past week, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, a ...
Measles confirmed in 3 more states as cases multiply
More than 300 cases of measles, one of the most contagious viruses in the world, have now been confirmed across more than a dozen U.S. states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...