The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago, just as a key Senate committee split the vote to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the public health agency.

The U.S. thought it had eradicated measles 25 years ago. Now the highly contagious disease is back, spiking to more than 1,200 cases already in 2025.

More people have contracted measles in the US so far this year than in any year in the last three decades. New data from Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 1,288 infections this year through 38 states,

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About three dozen of the nearly 1,200 measles infections in 2025 have been in people with two measles vaccine doses, the CDC says.

A CDC representative told the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that measles cases have hit a 'plateau' in the U.S. as of June 25.

A local medical office closed on Wednesday due to a possible measles exposure. A post on the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department Facebook page Thursday morning said the Mid-Ohio Valley Medical Group “notified their patients that they would be closed as they assessed a potential measles case in their building.

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