CHART: This Year’s Measles Numbers Are Insane

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The number of measles cases in the United States so far this year has surpassed the highest number of reported cases happening in a full year since the disease was eliminated in 2000.

The number of measles cases in the United States so far this year marks a 20-year high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today (May 29).

Just in the first months of 2014, from Jan. 1 through May 23, a total of 288 confirmed measles cases have been reported to the CDC, surpassing the highest number of reported cases happening in a full year since the disease was eliminated in the country almost 15 years ago.

The largest number of cases in previous years had occurred during 2011, with 220 cases. The number of cases so far in 2014 is the largest reported in the first five months of a year since 1994, CDC officials said.

Public health efforts stopped the continuous spread of measles in the United States in 2000. However, travelers who are infected with measles in another country can bring the virus into the United States and spread it to others in communities where many people are not vaccinated. [5 Dangerous Vaccination Myths]



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