Measles outbreak In Texas and New Mexico, who have already seen one dead, many Americans are wondering if they are at risk and how careful they should be.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that the outbreaks of global measles increase the chance of cases in non -vaccinated travelers. This is something that the center saw on February 19 with a patient in California who returned from Asia.
Up to now, according to the CDC 165, there have been reported cases of measles in 2025, of which 93% are described as “outbreak-associated”. The CDC defines an “outbreak” as three or more related cases of the disease.
Recommendation is outside the head office of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. (Elia Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty images)
First measles death reported in West -Texas in the midst of growing outbreak
Cases of measles were reported in Alaska, California, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas, from 27 February.
“Measles is the most contagious breathing virus on the planet Earth,” Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Dr. Marc Siegel said on Saturday morning.
Siegel said that the outbreak “is clear because of low vaccination rates.” That is why Dr. says Siegel that he “doesn’t worry” about those who have been vaccinated against measles at the moment “.
According to Siegel, while many associate the measles with a bright red result, that symptom appears only five days in the virus. He says that the most important symptoms to pay attention to fever, stuffy nose, pain and pain and red eyes are. The doctor also said it is possible for those who are infected with measles to get swears in their mouths.
When asked by Fox News Digital or Measles could be the next Covid, Siegel knew doubt and emphasized the importance of MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccines.
“If you have both shots, you are 97% protected against measles,” Siegel said when you appeared on Fox News Channel.
Photo shows a close-up of a dose with measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and accompanying syringe. (Istock)
New Mexico reports that the Texas Mazles outbreak has now exceeded its border
The CDC Warns that the outbreaks of global measles increase the chance of cases in non -vaccinated travelers. This is something that the center saw on February 19 with a patient in California who returned from Asia.
“As a doctor and mother I would say that Americans should definitely keep an eye on – it is not just a remnant of the past” Dr. Nicole Saphier Fox News Digital told. “With vaccination rates that fall in some areas, we see outrights appearing, and this disease spreads like an ongoing fire in non -vaccinated bags.”
Saphier also emphasized that the complications “are not trivial, especially for children under five and pregnant women.” These complications include pneumonia, encephalitis and even death.
“That said, if you are vaccinated and otherwise healthy, your risk is extremely low; the real care is for those who are not,” Saphier told Fox News Digital.
Health officials are investigating an outbreak of measles in Texas. (Istock)
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The CDC says that HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken with the Governor of Texas, Abbott, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services Dr. Jennifer A. Shuford and other public health officials. According to the CDC, HHS also helps both Texas and New Mexico to fight against the outbreaks.
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the New Mexico Department of Health both say that the best way to avoid the virus is to get two doses of the MMR vaccine. Public health officials in both states have followed their respective outbreaks and post updates on their websites.
