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Measles accelerates to second-highest level in US in 25 years and over 100,000 global cases
Related: Measles Cases and Outbreaks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Source: CNN
Measles accelerates to second-highest level in US in 25 years and over 100,000 global cases
By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent
Updated 1406 GMT (2206 HKT) April 15, 2019
(CNN) — The number of measles cases in the United States made its biggest jump of the year, with 90 new cases reported in just one week, according to numbers released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With 555 total cases, 2019 now has the second-highest number of measles cases in the United States in 25 years -- and the year isn't even half over.
"I'm obviously very concerned about the size and also acceleration of the current outbreak," said Dr. Nancy Messonier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. "This is not going to stop on its own."
Measles isn't just rising in the United States. The World Health Organization reported Monday there were more than 110,000 measles cases worldwide in the first three months of 2019 -- an increase of nearly 300% from the same period last year.
The data is provisional, and the actual number of measles cases is likely higher, as WHO estimates that less than 1 in 10 cases globally are reported to the agency.
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By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent
Updated 1406 GMT (2206 HKT) April 15, 2019
(CNN) — The number of measles cases in the United States made its biggest jump of the year, with 90 new cases reported in just one week, according to numbers released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With 555 total cases, 2019 now has the second-highest number of measles cases in the United States in 25 years -- and the year isn't even half over.
"I'm obviously very concerned about the size and also acceleration of the current outbreak," said Dr. Nancy Messonier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. "This is not going to stop on its own."
Measles isn't just rising in the United States. The World Health Organization reported Monday there were more than 110,000 measles cases worldwide in the first three months of 2019 -- an increase of nearly 300% from the same period last year.
The data is provisional, and the actual number of measles cases is likely higher, as WHO estimates that less than 1 in 10 cases globally are reported to the agency.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/15/health/measles-2019-us-global-cdc-who-bn/index.html
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