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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the measles desk.
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A Global Burden of Disease Study estimates that measles cases among children under 5 rose to 15.6 million worldwide in 2023, with 118,000 deaths. The rebound followed years of falling disease burden and coincided with a slight decline in first-dose vaccine coverage.
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An analysis of US county data from 2011 to 2025 found that measles outbreaks have become more closely associated with local vaccination coverage and have spread more often across county borders. A spatial model identified counties at higher risk, and projected that a five-percentage-point coverage increase in the highest-risk counties could reduce long-term national measles risk by more than 90%.
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Pennsylvania has reported a fourth measles-associated death, involving an 18-year-old, according to a 16 September 2026 report in The BMJ. The deaths are not included in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national measles mortality tally.