US measles cases rise slightly as Colorado reports a new outbreak

AP Measles cases inched up slightly in the U S this past week with a new county impacted in Texas and Colorado reporting a new outbreak There are approved measles cases in the U S up from last week the Centers for Malady Control and Prevention commented Friday Texas where the nation s biggest outbreak raged during the late winter and spring revealed additional cases this week for a total of There are three other major outbreaks in North America One in Ontario Canada has resulted in cases from mid-October through May Another in Alberta Canada has sickened as of Thursday And the Mexican state of Chihuahua had measles cases and three deaths as of Wednesday according to material from the state healthcare ministry Since the outbreak in Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma began two elementary school-aged children in the epicenter in West Texas and an adult in New Mexico have died of measles All were unvaccinated Other states with ongoing outbreaks which the CDC defines as three or more related cases include Colorado Kansas Michigan Montana North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania and Tennessee 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 eliminated from the U S since Here s what else you need to know about measles in the U S How a great number of measles cases are there in Texas There are a total of cases across counties majority of of them in West Texas state healthcare executives revealed Friday Throughout the outbreak people have been hospitalized McLennan County which includes the city of Waco was added to the state s list of counties with functioning cases State vitality bureaucrats estimated less than of cases fewer than are actively infectious Fifty-six percent of Texas cases are in Gaines County where the virus started spreading in a close-knit undervaccinated Mennonite group The county has had cases since late January just over of the county s residents The April death in Texas was an -year-old child according to Wellness Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr Local wellbeing leaders reported the child did not have underlying healthcare conditions and died of what the child s expert described as measles pulmonary failure An unvaccinated child with no underlying conditions died of measles in Texas in late February Kennedy declared the child was How multiple measles cases are there in New Mexico New Mexico added one new circumstance on Friday for a total of Seven people have been hospitalized since the outbreak started Largest part of the state s cases are in Lea County Sandoval County near Albuquerque has six cases Eddy County has three Do a Ana County has two and Chaves and Curry counties have one each An unvaccinated adult died of measles-related illness March The person did not seek clinical care How multiple cases are there in Oklahoma Oklahoma held steady Friday with a total of verified and three probable cases The state robustness department is not releasing which counties have cases How multiple cases are there in Colorado Colorado has seen a total of seven measles cases in and one outbreak with three related cases which the state physical condition department communicated Thursday All three cases appear to stem from an international flight that landed at Denver International Airport in mid-May Two people with proven cases live in Arapahoe County near Denver one unvaccinated child under the age of and an unrelated vaccinated adult The other person was an out-of-state traveler who was infectious on the flight and stayed at a hotel near the airport State soundness representatives mentioned Thursday there is no evidence of further spread The other counties with cases in are Pueblo Jefferson and Archuleta counties with one each and Denver with two How plenty of cases are there in Kansas Kansas has a total of cases across counties in the southwestern part of the state with two hospitalizations All but five of the cases are connected and the greater part of the cases are in Gray County How a great number of cases are there in Michigan Michigan has a steady eight verified cases of measles with an outbreak of four connected cases in Montcalm County in the western part of the state that wellbeing agents say is tied to the Ontario outbreak How several cases are there in Montana Montana has measles cases as of Thursday Ten are in Gallatin County which is where the first cases proved up Montana s first in years Flathead County has two cases and Hill County has one event Physical condition bureaucrats commented there is possible for society transmission in Hill County There are outbreaks in neighboring North Dakota and the Canadian provinces of Alberta British Columbia and Saskatchewan How several cases are there in North Dakota North Dakota which hadn t seen measles since is up to cases as of Thursday Two of the people have been hospitalized and all of the people with validated cases were not vaccinated There are cases in Williams County in western North Dakota on the Montana demarcation On the eastern side of the state on the Minnesota frontier there are eight cases in Grand Forks County and seven cases in Cass County Burke County in northwest North Dakota on the limit of Saskatchewan Canada has one occurrence How plenty of cases are there in Ohio Ohio remained steady for a second week at measles cases and one hospitalization according to the Ohio Department of Wellness That count includes only Ohio residents The state has two outbreaks Ashtabula County near Cleveland has cases and Knox County in east-central Ohio has among Ohio residents and the rest among visitors Allen Cuyahoga Holmes and Defiance counties have one scenario each How a large number of cases are there in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania remains steady at cases overall in as of Thursday including international travel-related cases in Montgomery County and one in Philadelphia An outbreak of eight measles cases in Erie County in far northwest Pennsylvania has remained steady since it began in mid-April How multiple cases are there in Tennessee Tennessee has had six measles cases since early May but no change since Wellness department spokesman Bill Christian explained all cases are the middle part of the state and that at least three of these cases are linked to each other but declined to specify further The state also did not say whether the cases were linked to other outbreaks or when Tennessee s outbreak started Where else is measles showing up in the U S Measles cases also have been communicated in Alaska Arkansas California Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York Rhode Island Vermont Virginia and Washington Cases and outbreaks in the U S are frequently traced to someone who caught the condition abroad The CDC says more than twice as numerous measles have come from outside of the U S compared to May of last year and the majority of those are in unvaccinated Americans returning home In the U S saw cases and almost lost its status of having eliminated measles What do you need to know about the MMR vaccine The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles mumps and rubella vaccine The first shot is recommended for children between and months old and the second between and years old Getting another MMR shot as an adult is harmless if there are concerns about waning immunity the CDC says People who have documentation of receiving a live measles vaccine in the s don t need to be revaccinated but people who were immunized before with an ineffective vaccine made from killed virus should be revaccinated with at least one dose the agency mentioned People who have documentation that they had measles are immune and those born before generally don t need the shots because so a large number of children got measles back then that they have presumptive immunity Measles has a harder time spreading through communities with high vaccination rates above due to herd immunity But childhood vaccination rates have declined nationwide since the pandemic and more parents are claiming religious or personal conscience waivers to exempt their kids from required shots What are the manifestations of measles Measles first infects the respiratory tract then spreads throughout the body causing a high fever runny nose cough red watery eyes and a rash The rash generally appears three to five days after the first responses beginning as flat red spots on the face and then spreading downward to the neck trunk arms legs and feet When the rash appears the fever may spike over degrees Fahrenheit according to the CDC Majority kids will recover from measles but infection can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia blindness brain swelling and death How can you treat measles There s no specific medicine for measles so doctors generally try to alleviate reactions prevent complications and keep patients assured