Kansas announces measles outbreak with 10 cases reported

Kansas has joined astir 20 different U.S. states successful reporting rising measles cases.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported 10 cases of measles passim Grant, Morton and Stevens counties arsenic of March 21.

All 10 cases were identified successful children aged 0 to 17. 

Nine of these kids were unvaccinated.

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One idiosyncratic was confirmed arsenic under-vaccinated, having lone received 1 of the 2 MMR vaccine doses.

No hospitalizations oregon deaths person been reported successful the state.

All 10 measles cases successful Kansas were identified successful children aged zero to 17 who were either unvaccinated oregon under-vaccinated. (iStock)

KDHE noted that further cases are "likely to occur" successful the outbreak country and surrounding counties owed to measles being "highly contagious," particularly for those who are unvaccinated.

Measles infections person continued to dispersed crossed the U.S., arsenic the CDC marked 378 full cases successful 2025 connected March 21.

Numbers are inactive climbing successful West Texas, wherever the largest outbreak presently has 327 confirmed cases arsenic of March 25.

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Most cases nationwide person occurred successful school-aged children who are unvaccinated.

KDHE advised healthcare providers to look retired for patients with "febrile rash illness" and different symptoms of measles, including fever, cough, runny nose, red, watery eyes and a rash connected the look and body.

Raynard Covarrubio fills a syringe with the MMR vaccine astatine a vaccine session enactment connected by Lubbock Public Health Department connected March 1, 2025, successful Lubbock, Texas. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

Healthcare professionals should besides beryllium connected "high alert" for patients who’ve precocious traveled internationally, oregon to U.S. locations wherever outbreaks person occurred, person predominant interaction with unvaccinated individuals, oregon are unvaccinated themselves.

KDHE instructed suspected and infected patients to isolate themselves astatine location for 4 days pursuing the commencement of a measles rash.

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"Persons that are susceptible to measles and exposed should beryllium excluded from moving successful an big attraction home, correctional facility, oregon wellness attraction installation and attending oregon moving successful a school, childcare facility, oregon big time attraction for 21 days pursuing the past exposure," the wellness section noted.

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To forestall measles, KDHE recommends 2 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for adults and children, particularly for residents of affected counties.

In a caller on-camera interrogation with Fox News Digital successful New York City, Dr. John Whyte, WebMD main aesculapian serviceman and practicing physician, emphasized that measles is "one of the astir contagious respiratory viruses." 

An adept warned that measles is "much much contagious than COVID." (iStock)

"Measles is overmuch much contagious than COVID," helium said. "It’s a origin of respective times much contagious."

One infected idiosyncratic tin interaction astir 10 to 15 different people, according to Whyte.

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There are aggregate ways to support yourself from infection, the doc noted, including being alert of your surroundings and wearing a disguise successful areas wherever cases person been detected.

Whyte besides recommended "good handwashing" aft touching surfaces, arsenic good arsenic keeping surfaces clean, since microorganism droplets tin instrumentality and dispersed erstwhile interaction is made.

Fox News Digital reached retired to KDHE for comment.