What you need to know about the measles outbreak

Measles outbreaks successful Texas and New Mexico, which person already seen 1 death, person galore Americans wondering whether they are astatine hazard and however cautious they should be. 

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is informing that planetary measles outbreaks summation the likelihood of cases among unvaccinated travelers. This is thing the halfway saw connected Feb. 19 with a diligent successful California who returned from Asia.

So far, according to the CDC, determination person been 165 reported cases of measles successful 2025, 93% of which person been described arsenic "outbreak-associated." The CDC defines an "outbreak" arsenic 3 oregon much related cases of the illness. 

Signage stands extracurricular the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Saturday, March 14, 2020.  (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

FIRST MEASLES DEATH REPORTED IN WEST TEXAS AMID GROWING OUTBREAK

Measles cases were reported successful Alaska, California, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas, arsenic of Feb. 27. 

"Measles is the astir contagious respiratory microorganism connected the satellite earth," Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Dr. Marc Siegel said connected Saturday morning.

Siegel said the outbreak is "occurring intelligibly due to the fact that of debased vaccination rates." Therefore, Dr. Siegel says helium is "not concerned" astir those vaccinated against the measles "at each close now."

According to Siegel, portion galore subordinate the measles with a agleam reddish rash, that grounds lone shows up 5 days into the virus. He says the cardinal symptoms to look retired for are fever, stuffy nose, aches and pains and reddish eyes. The doc besides mentioned that it is imaginable for those infected with measles to get sores successful their mouths.

When asked by Fox News Digital whether measles could go the adjacent COVID, Siegel formed uncertainty and emphasized the value of MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccines. 

"If you got some shots, you’re 97% protected against measles," Siegel said erstwhile appearing connected Fox News Channel.

Photo shows a close-up of a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine dose and accompanying syringe. (iStock)

NEW MEXICO REPORTS TEXAS MEASLES OUTBREAK HAS NOW CROSSED ITS BORDER

The CDC is informing that planetary measles outbreaks summation the likelihood of cases among unvaccinated travelers. This is thing the halfway saw connected Feb. 19 with a diligent successful California who returned from Asia.

"As a doc and mother, I’d accidental Americans should perfectly support an oculus connected measles—it’s not conscionable a relic of the past," Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier told Fox News Digital. "With vaccination rates dipping successful immoderate areas, we’re seeing preventable outbreaks popular up, and this illness spreads similar wildfire successful unvaccinated pockets."

Saphier besides emphasized that the complications "aren’t trivial, particularly for kids nether 5 and large women." These complications see pneumonia, encephalitis and adjacent death.

"That said, if you’re vaccinated and different healthy, your hazard is highly low; the existent interest is for those who aren’t," Saphier told Fox News Digital.

Health officials are investigating a measles outbreak successful Texas. (iStock )

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The CDC says that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken with Texas Governor Abbott, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services Dr. Jennifer A. Shuford, and different nationalist wellness officials. Additionally, according to the CDC, HHS is helping some Texas and New Mexico conflict the outbreaks.

The Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the New Mexico Department of Health some accidental that the champion mode to debar the microorganism is to get 2 doses of the MMR vaccine. Public wellness officials successful some states person been tracking their respective outbreaks and are posting updates connected their websites.