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2025 Measles Outbreak Costs $5.4M, Sparks 2026 Vaccination Push

8/5/2026

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United States officials said the 2025 measles outbreak cost nearly $5.4 million to contain.
The outbreak began in Texas in January 2025, spread to New Mexico in February 2025, and the CDC declared it over in September 2025.
Researchers reported $3.2 million for public-health response, $2.1 million for vaccination, $290,000 for medical costs, and about $1.6 million in productivity losses.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged vaccination as U.S. measles cases topped 2,300 in 2026, a 35-year high.

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United States officials said the 2025 measles outbreak cost nearly $5.4 million to contain.
The outbreak began in Texas in January 2025, spread to New Mexico in February 2025, and the CDC declared it over in September 2025.
Researchers reported $3.2 million for public-health response, $2.1 million for vaccination, $290,000 for medical costs, and about $1.6 million in productivity losses.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged vaccination as U.S. measles cases topped 2,300 in 2026, a 35-year high.