NEW YORK, May 7 (Xinhua) -- North Dakota has become the 11th state in the United States with a measles outbreak, logging its first cases since 2011, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
So far, CDC's confirmed measles case count is 935 nationwide, more than triple the amount seen in all of 2024. The three-month outbreak in Texas accounts for the vast majority of cases, with 702 confirmed as of Tuesday. The outbreak has also spread to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.
