Six years ago, as measles outbreaks cropped up across the country, President Donald Trump was asked what parents should do. “They have to get the shots,” he said. “The vaccinations are so important.

In 2024, the U.S. reported 285 measles cases. Three months into 2025, 22 states have confirmed a total of 607 measles cases, according to the CDC. There have been six outbreaks — defined as three or more related cases — reported in 2025;

A measles outbreak that began in rural West Texas has now claimed three lives, with cases more than doubling 2024’s total and spreading through under-vaccinated communities across five states

The US has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the CDC said last week. Here’s what else you need to know about the outbreaks.

Eight-year-old Daisy Hildebrand died from measles complications last week, the second such death reported in Texas this year.

A second child in Texas has died of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The Texas health department reported 422 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase from 400 in its previous count on March 28. Separately, New Mexico reported four additional measles cases from its report on March 28,

The New Mexico Department of Health on Friday reported measles cases had grown to 54, six more since the previous report on Tuesday. Plus, democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump's attempt to reshape elections across the U.

The measles outbreak in western Texas has hit 481 cases as 59 newly identified infections were confirmed over the last three days, according to new data published Friday.

Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico rose to 370 on Friday, the health departments of the states said, an increase of 19 infections since their previous reports four days ago, as the United States deals with one of the largest measles outbreaks in the past decade.

Measles is spread through contact with infected nasal or throat secretions, or by breathing in the virus after it's coughed, sneezed or sent into the air by an infected person, according to WHO. The measles virus can remain contagious in the air or on contaminated surfaces for up to two hours.