Nearly 100 measles cases were reported in Texas

Ninety cases of Measles were reported in Texas in less than a month, which represents the worst outbreak of the disease in the border state for more than 30 years. At least 16 people have been accepted to the hospital. Nine measles were also reported in the neighboring New Mexico state.

According to officials of the Ministry of Health at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Texas, the outbreak of the disease focuses in the northwest of the state. At least 77 of these cases in children, with a age of 26 or less.

Measles are a very infected viral disease that can be fatal. Early symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat and conjunctivitis. It usually features white spots inside the mouth as well as a circular rash across the body.

According to American Health OrganizationThe measles once killed 2.6 million people annually worldwide, with 12,000 of these victims in the Americas. The first measles vaccine arrived in 1963, and after its launch in the United States, the cases throughout the country It decreased by 97 percent Between 1965 and 1968, huge Vaccus campaigns around the world Then spread these gains all over the world. Between 1980 and 2015, cases around the world decreased by 95 percent thanks to the joint vaccine against measles, mumps, and measles (MMR), which is presented in two doses starting from one year of life.

However, doubts about the effects of vaccines, including MMR, have spread all over the world. For example, the current outbreak in Texas focuses on Genins County, which has one of the highest vaccine exemption rates in the state (18 percent). Many patients are children whose parents have chosen not to fortify them against measles.

While most of the states in the United States ask students to obtain a MMR vaccine to join school, some states allow families to request an exemption from vaccination for their children, even for non -medical reasons. Texas is one of this state. In the current outbreak, 85 out of 90 measles in non -imprisoned people.

“We respect everyone’s right to obtain vaccination or not,” Albert Bilkington, CEO of the Siminol Hospital in Guinnis Contester, told the Texas Standard. “This is what is about being American, right?”

In 2024, 285 measles were reported in the United States, the highest number since 2019. Forty -two percent of children under the age of 5 years.

The look to prevent this disease is not bright. The measles outbreak comes in Texas after only one week Robert F. Kennedy Junior The head of the US Department of Health and Humanitarian Services has been confirmed. RFK JR. To the forefront first as an environmental defender and then a The famous anti -action activist.

Kennedy has published a misleading information over and over again – for example, that autism and attention lack is caused by other factors, among other factors, harmful factors in vaccines. In 2021, it was named by the Digital Hate Center as one of “Disintered misleading”-One of the 12 online faxed online leadership.

Robert F. did not comment. Kennedy Junior and not the governor of Texas Greg Abbott on health emergencies of the state. He did not immediately respond to a request to comment from WIRED.

This story was originally appeared on Wireless In Spanish It was translated from Spanish.