At least 673 cases have been reported in 22 states for 2019, according to a tally by The Washington Post of available state and local health department data.
A sign in Vancouver, Wash., in January warns patients and visitors of a measles outbreak. By Lena H. Sun Lena H. Sun National reporter focusing on health Email Bio Follow April 24 at 3:01 PM Measles cases in the United States have now exceeded the highest number on record in a single year since the disease was eliminated in 2000.
This year, as in the past, officials say the majority of people in the U.S. who have fallen ill were unvaccinated. In some communities, anti-immunization activists have spread false claims about the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, causing concern among parents about innoculating their children. When many people in a community have not been vaccinated, the disease can spread quickly.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will provide an official update Monday. The agency is “currently receiving, reviewing, and validating reports of measles cases from state and local health departments,” spokesman Jason McDonald said. Among the newest outbreaks is one in Los Angeles County, where the health department tweeted Wednesday that it has five confirmed cases. Los Angeles county health officials said four of the cases are linked to one another after international travel, and an additional single case of measles also occurred after international travel.
In Washington state, 74 people contracted the infection in that outbreak, including 63 who were unvaccinated. Health officials are expected to declare that outbreak over if no more cases are reported by later this week.
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