{"id":273217,"date":"2026-01-08T01:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/273217\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T01:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:08:08","slug":"us-sees-highest-measles-case-count-in-decades-as-outbreaks-grow-the-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/273217\/","title":{"rendered":"US Sees Highest Measles Case Count in Decades as Outbreaks Grow | The Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulmonologyadvisor.com\/news\/us-sees-highest-measles-case-count-in-decades-as-outbreaks-grow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pulmonology Advisor<\/a> The U.S. recorded more than 2,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthday.com\/a-to-z-health\/infectious-disease\/what-is-measles-and-how-can-i-shield-myself-my-family\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"measles, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">measles<\/a>\u00a0cases in 2025, the nation\u2019s highest yearly total in decades, health officials report.<\/p>\n<p>As of Dec. 30, 2,065 measles cases had been confirmed nationwide, according to the latest data from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/data-research\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>\u00a0(CDC).<\/p>\n<p>The last time the United States saw more cases in a single year was 1992, before doctors routinely recommended two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine for children,\u00a0CNN\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Several large outbreaks are still spreading, including one in upstate South Carolina and another along the Arizona-Utah border, raising concerns that the U.S. could lose its measles elimination status, which it has held since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Measles is one of the world\u2019s most contagious diseases, but vaccination helps keep it in check. One dose of the MMR vaccine is 93% effective, while two doses are 97% effective, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/vaccines\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CDC, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that protection, vaccination rates have dropped. During the 2024-25 school year, 92.5% of kindergarteners had received the MMR\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulmonologyadvisor.com\/features\/infections-during-pregnancy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vaccine<\/a>, which is below the 95% coverage public health experts say is needed to head off outbreaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pulmonology Advisor The U.S. recorded more than 2,000\u00a0measles\u00a0cases in 2025, the nation\u2019s highest yearly total in decades, health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[18,135,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-273217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115856808533299691","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}