Health experts fear the virus will take hold in other U.S. communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread could stretch on for a year.

With childhood vaccination rates declining after the pandemic, a disease the country eliminated in 2000 is making a comeback

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Texas has more than 600 known cases of measles as the outbreak in the western part of the state approaches the three-month mark.

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed nearly 900 measles cases in the U.S. on Friday, though much of the measles cases in the country remain centered in Texas, which confirmed there have been nearly 650 cases of the highly contagious illness in the state this year.

The measles outbreak in the US has now climbed to nearly 900 cases across 30 states — a more than threefold increase from the total case count in 2024, the CDC reported Friday. Texas continues to be the epicenter of the disease with 646 cases since late January,

State health officials on Friday said the number of measles cases in the state linked to a West Texas outbreak has grown to 646 since January.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed 22 more cases of measles since the last update on Tuesday. This brings the West Texas outbreak to 646 cases since it began in late January.