The recent spread of measles in the Southwest U.S. has now been identified as the largest outbreak since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. According to federal scientists, this outbreak includes Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and differs from earlier outbreaks in New York that were due to multiple international transmissions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) is sending additional personnel to Texas to address the escalating crisis, marking a notable change in the public health response to this resurgence of measles.
The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the United States declared the disease eliminated in 2000.
C.D.C. officials now view the spread of measles in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico as a single outbreak... the largest outbreak in the U.S. since measles elimination.
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