The number of measles cases in the United States has reached a multi-year high, so far in 2025, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University’s outbreak response center.
As of July 7, there have been 1,277 reported cases of the virus, according to figures released by the Maryland-based medical school. That surpasses the previous record of 1,274 cases in 2019.
Johns Hopkins’ data showed 790 confirmed cases in Texas, which is the center of this year’s measles outbreak that has spread across multiple counties, and into New Mexico, where 95 cases have been reported so far.
Two elementary school-aged children in the epicenter in West Texas, and an adult in New Mexico, have died of measles this year. Officials said that none of them had received the measles vaccine….