WHEN VACCINATION RATES ARE HIGH, WE PROTECT According to the health department, most of the cases in New Mexico involve unvaccinated residents. Officials add the measles outbreak is not a rapidly ...

A measles outbreak in Kansas doubled in less than a week to 23 cases and has “a possible link” to outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico that have sickened more than 370, the state health department said Wednesday.

A Pueblo resident who recently traveled to Mexico is now Colorado’s first confirmed case of measles since 2023, public health officials said Monday.

Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico rose to 351 on Friday, the health departments of the states said, an increase of 34 infections since their last reports three days ago, as the United States deals with one of the largest measles outbreaks in the past decade.

The measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico have surpassed a combined 370 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes.

Confirmed measles cases in the US grew by 28% in a week to reach 483 this year, worsening a deadly outbreak that has already surpassed last year’s total.

Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico rose to 370 on Friday, the health departments of the states said, an increase of 19 infections since their previous reports four days ago, as the United States deals with one of the largest measles outbreaks in the past decade.

Measles outbreaks are surging in 5 U.S. states, with over 400 cases in Texas and two deaths. Here’s what to know.