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ND Public Health Association Finds State Has Highest Rate of Measles ...
- North Dakota reported 34 measles cases by June 3, 2025, marking the state's highest outbreak since 1978 and the nation's highest rate per capita.
- The outbreak follows a pattern of infectious disease challenges in recent years, including a 2024-25 whooping cough surge and a high COVID-19 death rate in 2020.
- State health officials attribute the outbreak mainly to North Dakota’s vaccination rate below the recommended 95%, with over 75% of cases in children aged 5-19 across four counties.
- Dr. Stephen McDonough, a longtime pediatrician, criticized recent funding cuts of more than 40 vaccine hesitancy research projects under HHS Secretary Kennedy as factors maintaining low immunization coverage.
- Health officials emphasize the importance of continued investigations and vaccination campaigns, while an upcoming regional gathering focused on rural and public health in North Dakota aims to set a 95% childhood immunization target and involve state policymakers.
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Letter: North Dakota must protect public health, increase vaccinations
To the editor, Public health in North Dakota has regressed nearly 50 years with the worst measles outbreak since 1978! As of June 3, 34 cases have been reported. North Dakota has fallen dramatically since 1990 when we were ranked as the healthiest state in the U.S. Consider this trifecta of recent outbreaks: 2020: North Dakota had a highest COVID death rate in the US for nearly 2 months; 2024-25: Whooping cough outbreak with over 200 ND cases; …
North Dakota: Highest rate of measles cases in the U.S.
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — With 34 confirmed cases, North Dakota has the highest rate of measles in the U.S. According to data from the North Dakota Public Health Association, the state’s rate of infection is 4.27 cases per 100,000 people. New Mexico and Texas follow. North Dakota’s first cases were reported in early April in Williams County. There are also cases in Grand Forks, Cass and Burke Counties. Categories: Health, Local News, No…
ND Public Health Association finds state has highest rate of measles ...
ND leads the nation in the rate of measles cases according to ND Public Health Association
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C6MwxJEda/ NORTH DAKOTA – With 34 confirmed cases of measles, North Dakota leads the country in confirmed cases of the virus per 100,000 people. The North Dakota Public Health Association says the state’s rate is at 4.27 cases while New Mexico is second with 3.71. “This is not because of local public health failure, but from people choosing not to have their children vaccinated and resisting local public health …
After 6 new cases over the weekend, North Dakota has nation's highest measles rate
BISMARCK — After six new measles cases were reported in North Dakota over the weekend, three in Williams County in the state's northwest corner and three in Grand Forks County, the state's rate of confirmed cases now leads the nation. While national measles case data has been changing rapidly on a weekly and even daily basis since an outbreak began in Texas in late January, the rising outbreak in North Dakota has steadily caught up with that of …
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