Measles is still spreading in the U.S., with more than 2,000 cases this year

Measles OutbreakMeasles is still spreading in the U.S., with more than 2,000 cases this yearOngoing outbreaks in Florida, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia threaten the country’s measles elimination status. Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00A health worker talks to people before administering measles tests outside Seminole Hospital District, Texas, in 2025.Julio Cortez / AP fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 5, 2026, 4:43 PM EDTBy Erika EdwardsMeasles cases in the U.S. reached 2,030 on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. That’s just a few hundred shy of the 2,288 logged in all of 2025, a record-breaking year that saw more measles diagnoses than any year since 1991.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.There have been 30 new outbreaks this year, compared to 48 last year, the CDC said. The majority of cases are children and teenagers. More than 92% are unvaccinated and 6% (127 of the 2,030 patients) have been hospitalized. In Florida, the state health department has confirmed 154 cases since Jan. 1. Most have been in Collier County, where an outbreak occurred at Ave Maria University, near Naples. There haven’t been any new cases reported in Florida for more than a week, according to the state’s tracker. Florida’s health department has not held any formal press briefings and has remained largely silent on the outbreak. The Utah Department of Health and Human Services reported just nine new cases total over the past three weeks. The state had previously been logging approximately 10 each week. It’s still considered a major outbreak, however, with 675 cases in the state since last summer. A massive outbreak in South Carolina — the worst in the U.S. in more than three decades — wound down at the end of April. Shortly after, the virus began spreading in rural areas of Pennsylvania and Virginia. As of Wednesday, Pennsylvania‘s health department had confirmed 50 cases,...