U.S. Measles Outbreak Surges: North Dakota Becomes 12th State Battling the Disease 

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U.S. Measles Outbreak Surges: North Dakota Becomes 12th State Battling the Disease 
U.S. Measles Outbreak Surges: North Dakota Becomes 12th State Battling the Disease 

United States – North Dakota is the most recent state to find itself trying to handle a measles outbreak, joining the other 11 states in the nation that are struggling with the disease, the Associated Press reports. 

North Dakota Joins Growing List of Outbreak States 

All nine cases were reported in Williams County in Western North Dakota, according to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. Three of the confirmed cases relate to the first unvaccinated child case, which may have gotten it from an out-of-state visitor. Five contact cases were in people who were not vaccinated and did not have contact with the other cases, which is a cause for concern over community transmission. 

U.S. Measles Cases Triple in 2025 

So far this year, a total of 935 cases of measles have been reported in the United States up until now from the most recent figures at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is over thrice the number of cases recorded throughout the entire 2024. The majority of the cases were in children (30 percent less than 5 years old and 38 percent 5 to 19 years old). 121 hospitalizations and three confirmed deaths have been reported. 96% of infections were in the unvaccinated or unknown vaccinated individuals. Two percent had managed to have one dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, and 2 percent had managed two, Associated Press reported. 

Texas at the Epicenter 

The Texas three-month outbreak dominates the measles cases, with 702 cases as of Tuesday. Kansas reports 48 cases while New Mexico reports 67. Other states with active outbreaks, that is, those with three or more related cases recorded, include Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.