The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning for clinicians this week to be on alert for measles amid an increasing number of cases since December.

There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles since December 2023.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning clinicians to remain on alert for measles cases due to a growing number of infections.

Between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles including seven cases from international travelers and two outbreaks with five or more infections each, according to an email sent this week.

Cases have been reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washington, D.C. area so far.

Most of these cases were among children and adolescents who had not been vaccinated against measles, despite being eligible.

  • InformalTrifle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Does measles still spread a lot in some parts of the world? Why weren’t we able to eradicate it while vaccination rates were high?

    • ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social
      15·
      9 months ago

      I mean the only reason smallpox was wiped from this earth is because it took 20 years of dedication by the WHO to fully wipe it out.

      The top 10 countries with measels cases as per the CDC are

      1. Yemen
      2. India *
      3. Kazakhstan
      4. Ethiopia
      5. Russian Federation
      6. Pakistan
      7. Kyrgyzstan
      8. Democratic Republic of the Congo
      9. Iraq
      10. Azerbaijan

      The top 10 is based on data from the dates of June 2023 - November 2023. Each one of these are over 3k cases and the top one being at 23k and #2 being 13k.

      So yes, some parts of the world has problem with Measles and unless we dedicate the time to fully eradicate it, it will never truly be gone. The antivax nonsense in the first world countries will only make this worse. Can’t wait for the fucking return of Polio (however polio may be the next disease eradicated since its currently only in 2 countries and there were 6 reported cases in 2021) or TB

      Note: WHO classifies all suspected measles cases reported from India as measles clinically compatible if a specimen was not collected as per the algorithm for classification of suspected measles in the WHO VPD Surveillance Standards. Thus numbers might be different between what WHO reports and what India reports.