The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, accused Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of gutting public health.

The number of measles cases in the U.S. has reached a 33-year record high, years after it was officially eliminated in the country, prompting public health experts to sound the alarm that other diseases could experience a similar resurgence.

Confirmed measles cases in the U.S. reached 1,288, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Wednesday, the highest since the childhood disease was declared eliminated from the country in 2000.

Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa ( K C AU) — Cases of measles continue to increase across the country, including right here in Siouxland. South Dakota officials have now recorded 12 cases of the virus, and one hospitalization from the disease. Last month, the state reported just four cases.

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Three deaths reported nationally as Ohio's outbreak ends with 35 cases, while Texas accounts for 753 infections in the largest national surge since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.

There have been 1,277 confirmed cases of measles this year, which has eclipsed 2019 to become the highest annual total since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. And there is still half