US hits grim measles milestone as uncontrolled outbreaks in multiple states fuel record numbers

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US hits grim measles milestone as uncontrolled outbreaks in multiple states fuel record numbers

Daily Mail
By ANNA WRIGHT
23 July 2026

The US is seeing its worst measles outbreak in more than three decades, with cases already exceeding last year's record total and raising fresh concerns about the nation's elimination status.

Measles, a highly infectious virus, has surged to 2,295 recorded cases - the highest total in 35 years, according to the Johns Hopkins US Measles Tracker.

As of Tuesday, the nationwide case count had already surpassed all of 2025 by nine infections. Last year ended with 2,289 reported cases.

South Carolina, Utah, Texas, Virginia and Florida have reported the highest case counts in 2026, with 671, 514, 186, 177 and 141 cases, respectively. There have also been 34 new outbreaks this year.

The last time measles cases surpassed this year's total was in 1991, when the nation reported 9,643 infections.

For the past 25 years, measles has been considered eliminated in the US, meaning the country has not experienced sustained domestic transmission of the virus for 12 months or longer. But this year's surge in cases is putting that status at risk.

Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who initially downplayed the effectiveness of the MMR vaccine, has since u-turned and endorsed vaccination as outbreaks have spread.

RFK Jr previously chaired the anti-vaccine nonprofit called Children's Health Defense, which advocated for an end to school vaccine requirements during the measles outbreak in 2019, when 1,261 cases of measles were reported across 31 states.

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[libertybele]

Most children before they enter school need to be immunized in order to be enrolled -- that includes being inoculated against measles -- so my guess is it's the ILLEGALS.