President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step closer to confirmation.

A horrible year for measles is about to get worse, according to a Northwestern University pediatric infectious disease specialist. Why it matters: The U.S. is already facing its most measles cases in 33 years,

Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six months to go in 2025.

Already in 2025, the United States has reported more measles cases than in any full year since the early ‘90s, according to federal data. And that record-setting case count has been driven by a massive outbreak that began in Texas.

An interactive tool from Johns Hopkins University lets you track the disease as the U.S. suffers its worst year in decades. The United States is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in three decades.

As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought

There has been nationwide total of 1,267 confirmed cases of measles this year, with Kentucky being the latest state to announce an outbreak.

Measles cases in the US have reached a 33-year high, with nearly 1,300 cases reported in the last seven months, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 1,