Reaches Cases

• Il CDC ha confermato 51 ulteriori casi di morbillo, portando l'epidemia nazionale negli Stati Uniti a 1.893 infezioni al 16 maggio 2026. • L'agenzia ha dichiarato che tutti i casi, tranne nove, sono stati acquisiti localmente, sono stati segnalati 27 focolai quest'anno e il 92% dei pazienti non era vaccinato o aveva uno stato vaccinale sconosciuto. • L'epidemia è significativa poiché il morbillo si diffonde rapidamente nelle comunità sottoposte a vaccinazione insufficiente, e gli Stati Uniti sono ora inI linea per superare i 2.288 casi dello scorso anno se la trasmissione continuerà.

• A measles outbreak in Washtenaw County, southeast Michigan, now includes 7 cases under investigation involving unvaccinated children and adults, with potential exposure at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital's ER on March 21. • The latest case concerns a young child treated in Ypsilanti, raising concerns that ER visitors may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. • All confirmed and suspected cases are among unvaccinated individuals, highlighting ongoing vaccination gaps amid the outbreak's growth reported on March 25.

• As of March 6, 2026, the United States has confirmed 1,300 measles infections this year across 30 states, putting the country on track to surpass 2025's record 35-year high numbers. • Measles has continuously circulated in the U.S. for over a year following an outbreak in Texas (January-August 2025), with ongoing outbreaks on the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina that drastically increased in January 2026. • The Pan American Health Organization postponed its decision from April to November 2026 on whether the U.S. should lose its measles elimination status achieved in 2000, but current trends suggest it likely will due to vaccination rates falling below the critical 95% threshold.