CDC reports 5,182 US measles cases in 2026, highest since 1991
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 5,182 confirmed measles cases in 2026, more than double the 2,289 cases reported in 2025 and the highest annual total since 1991, Al Jazeera reported citing CDC data. About 59 percent of cases are in children and teenagers, and 4,993 were outbreak-associated, as kindergarten measles vaccination coverage fell from 95.2 percent in 2019-2020 to 92.4 percent in 2025-2026. Al Jazeera reported CDC data listing four measles deaths in 2026, while Pennsylvania reported six deaths and 1,487 cases, amid a dispute over how measles-related deaths are classified. [1]
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- CDC reports more than 5,000 measles cases, highest number in 35 years
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