As Measles Spreads Through U.S., Cases In Europe And Central Asia Surge

Forbes April 14, 2024
Joshua Cohen

Measles outbreaks across Europe and Central Asia intensified in the first quarter of 2024, with incidence rates of up to hundreds of times higher than the United States.

While focus in the U.S. has been on rising numbers of measles cases domestically, it’s Europe and Central Asia where the situation is at crisis level. As of April 11 in the U.S., 121 cases have been detected, according to data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nationwide, measles cases already are nearly twice the total for all of last year.

But the U.S. situation pales by comparison to the number of cases in parts of Europe and Central Asia.

England and Wales, for example, have reported approximately 4,200...

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