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ZAPOPAN, Mexico (AP) — The Mexican state of Jalisco on Thursday issued a health alert and mandated the use of face masks in schools as a measl…
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Public school students and teachers wear mandatory face masks amid a measles outbreak, during a ceremony at their school in Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Parents of students wear face masks, made mandatory amid a measles outbreak, as they wait outside of a public school in Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano
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A health worker administers a dose of the measles vaccine outside a public hospital in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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A health worker administers a dose of the measles vaccine outside a public hospital in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
International health officials will meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status. Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it. The evaluation comes a year after the West Texas measles outbreak began. Scientists are investigating whether multiple U.S. outbreaks are linked. But regardless of the U.S. elimination status, doctors and scientists say the country has a measles problem. At the April meeting, international health officials also will review Mexico’s measles-free status. Its measles outbreak is connected to last year’s Texas outbreak.
Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday.
FILE - Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)
FILE - A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
As of March 20, Delaware has reported no measles cases in the past decade. However, the Division of Public Health continues to monitor outbreaks across the country.