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(Measles in Texas up to 481 cases, up from 466 on their last update).

April 4, 2025

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains and Panhandle regions of Texas. At this time, 481 cases have been identified since late January. Fifty-six of the patients have been hospitalized. (...)

dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/mea

www.dshs.texas.govMeasles Outbreak – April 4, 2025 | Texas DSHS

The US now has >600 #measles cases in 22 states, acc/to the #CDC [& who knows if that’s being accurately reported]. That includes 481 cases in #Texas alone. The country has now reported >2X the number of measles cases this year than were reported in all of 2024.

The CDC says there have been 6 measles #outbreaks so far this year.

#health #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #HHS #ConspiracyTheories #eugenics
npr.org/sections/shots-health-

Do adults need a #measles #MMR booster? An epidemiologist explains who is immune

"There are two special circumstances where the previous recommendations may not hold.

First, if you were vaccinated between 1963 and 1967, one of the measles vaccines available at the time consisted of just proteins from the virus rather than a live, weakened version of it. Researchers soon realized this inactivated, or “killed,” vaccine was less effective and didn’t provide long-term immunity. Unless you know for certain you received the live vaccine, physicians and public health experts recommend that people vaccinated during those years get one dose of the live vaccine at some point.

Second, if you fall into a high-risk group – for example, if you are a health care provider, are traveling internationally or attending college, physicians and public health experts generally recommend getting a second dose if you have only had one."

pbs.org/newshour/health/do-adu

PBS News · Do adults need a measles booster? An epidemiologist explains who is immuneWith cases of measles on the rise, a medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.

"Not a mild illness: As measles cases rise in Japan, expert warns of misinformation [spread by social media]"
"It frequently causes complications, with pneumonia and encephalitis killing 1 in 1,000 patients"
"...in the era when few were vaccinated...nearly 100 kids died [each year in #Japan]"
"WHO stated that the disease infected more people in Europe and Central Asia in 2024 than any time since 1997, cautioning that the risk of a global pandemic is rising"
mainichi.jp/english/articles/2
#measles

The MainichiNot a mild illness: As measles cases rise in Japan, expert warns of misinformation - The MainichiTOKYO -- The number of measles cases is rising across Japan, but many on social media are spreading misinformation that the disease is not serious. Ah