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.

(Reuters) -Confirmed measles cases in the U.S. reached a total of 1,288, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, rising above 2019 levels as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood disease.

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,

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to immediately declare a public health emergency for measles, blaming the senior

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Health officials in Illinois will give an update Friday on measles cases in the state. Officials say there are currently 10 measles cases in Illinois as they are asking clinicians to be on high alert and to report any suspicion immediately even before getting lab results back.

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. The national case count reached 1,288 on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Measles was declared eliminated from the United States 25 years ago. Now, the Centers for Disease Control reports major outbreaks of the virus happening across the country. This comes as vaccination rates in the country,

Cases are rising in the U.S., but the CDC says most people who bring measles into the U.S. are unvaccinated residents who traveled internationally.