"Kansas has joined Texas in the ongoing measles outbreak, with 23 confirmed cases across six counties. Of those cases, 20 are in unvaccinated patients, and all but two are children.
On March 13, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed the state’s first measles case since 2018."
~ Walter Einenkel
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"The Kansas school districts most affected by the outbreak so far also have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state."
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"The federal government reported on Friday that there have been 483 confirmed cases of measles across 20 US jurisdictions so far this year, with the largest outbreak in Texas, and 70 people across the nation needing to be hospitalized.
That compares with 285 cases of measles in the US for the whole of 2024."
~ Guardian
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/measles-cases-us-cdc