Measles cases in the United States are the highest they’ve been since the country eliminated the disease in 2000. The U.S. has reported 1,277 cases since the start of the year, according to NBC News’ tally of state health department data.

Editor's note: From January 2025 through June 2025, The Texas Tribune used data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track new measles cases, hospitalizations and deaths associated with the West Texas outbreak. We stopped updating these numbers after June 24, 2025 after the weekly number of new cases dropped significantly.

As the measles outbreak continues in West Texas and two neighboring states, The Dallas Morning News will keep this page updated every Tuesday with information on confirmed cases.

The University of Texas and Austin Public Health created a measles simulator for school districts and private schools around the county to better understand their risks.

The West Texas measles outbreak — the largest in the state in 30 years — has spread from two cases in late January and now includes 11 counties, most of them in the rural South Plains region.

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.

The first measles death in the growing outbreak in West Texas was a school-aged child. The child was unvaccinated and had been hospitalized in Lubbock, Texas, said Lauren Adams, Lubbock city ...

Measles cases have been reported by 39 states and jurisdictions in the United States, the worst outbreak since 2019.