“In its April 4 weekly update, CDC reports 607 confirmed measles cases in 2025, with 93% of the cases associated with six outbreaks. On April 6, media outlets reported that an 8-year-old unvaccinated girl died of measles on April 3 at a Lubbock, Texas, hospital.” Confirmed* measles cases were reported by 22 jurisdictions: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.” https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
“Nationwide, the U.S. has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-measles-outbreak-death-texas_n_67f29c32e4b0abfc4625ad56/
“Everyone should be vaccinated! There is no treatment for measles. No benefit to getting measles,” Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy from Louisiana wrote. “Top health officials should say so unequivocally b/4 another child dies.”