The United States has recorded 1,288 measles cases so far this year, the highest total in 33 years, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data out Wednesday.  Just over halfway through 2025,

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago, just as a key Senate committee split the vote to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the public health agency.

The U.S. thought it had eradicated measles 25 years ago. Now the highly contagious disease is back, spiking to more than 1,200 cases already in 2025.

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A local medical office closed on Wednesday due to a possible measles exposure. A post on the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department Facebook page Thursday morning said the Mid-Ohio Valley Medical Group “notified their patients that they would be closed as they assessed a potential measles case in their building.

Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high.

Cases are rising in the U.S., but the CDC says most people who bring measles into the U.S. are unvaccinated residents who traveled internationally.

Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have reported eight cases so far this year compared to 10 total in 2024.