By America-Today      Jul. 6, 2025

Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just short of a 30-year high.

There have been 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said

Wednesday. Texas confirmed three more measles cases this week tied to a major outbreak that raged through the

late winter and spring.

There are three other large outbreaks in North America. The longest, in Ontario, Canada, has resulted in 2,212 cases

from mid-October through June 24. The province logged its first death June 5 in a baby who got congenital measles

but also had other preexisting conditions.

Another outbreak in Alberta, Canada, has sickened 1,169 as of Wednesday. And the Mexican state of Chihuahua had

2,810 measles cases and eight deaths as of Wednesday, according to data from the state health ministry.

Other U.S. states with active outbreaks — which the CDC defines as three or more related cases — include Arizona,

Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah.