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With measles becoming a growing threat nationwide, federal health officials continue to encourage parents to vaccinate their children to avoid becoming infected by the highly contagious virus.
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The multistate outbreak confirms health experts’ fears that the virus will take hold in other U.S. communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread could stretch on for a year.
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Measles infections after vaccination are rare, and there are no documented cases of healthy, fully vaccinated people dying from the virus.
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Gaines County, Texas, to console the families whose young children have died.
Five new measles cases have been confirmed in Indiana. The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) said the newly reported cases are three minors and two adults in Allen County. This now brings the state total to six people in 2025.
The number of measles cases exceeded 500 in Texas on Tuesday, according to the state’s health department, which made the update days after a second Texas child died after contracting the highly contagious illness that has been confirmed in at least 20 states.
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.
Since March 28, the state health department has reported three unrelated measles cases in visitors who traveled to New Jersey and could have exposed residents throughout the state. Currently, the state is not experiencing a measles outbreak, which is defined as three or more related cases by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A statewide medical advisory has been issued after the Hawaiʻi Department of Health confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated child under age 5 on Oahu. According to state officials, the child recently returned from an international trip with family and developed symptoms including fever,