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Texas health officials reported 36 new measles cases Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since late January ...

Measles cases rose to a total of 800 patients so far in 2025 as of Thursday in 25 U.S. jurisdictions, including Texas and New ...

Michigan officials confirmed a new measles outbreak Thursday near Grand Rapids, bringing the U.S. to seven states with active ...

Canada has reported more than 730 cases this year, making this one of the worst measles outbreaks in the country since it declared the virus “eliminated” in 1998. Mexico has seen at least 360 measles ...

As of Friday, the outbreak in Texas was up to 309 cases and one measles-related death, while New Mexico's case count was up to 42 and also one measles-related death. Forty-two people have been ...

Measles cases have surpassed 650 in an ongoing multistate outbreak, but federal funding cuts could threaten the response.