How a Measles Outbreak Begins, Featuring the State of Colorado

How a Measles Outbreak Begins, Featuring the State of Colorado

When you read the weekly updated CDC statistics on the country’s ongoing measles resurgence, the sheer volume of numbers have a tendency to make one’s eyes glaze over. To date, there have been 1,281 confirmed measles infections in the country in 2026 through the first week of March, a pace that is running well ahead of the 2,283 confirmed measles cases that were recorded in the country last year, a mark that was already the highest in 34 years, …

Measles spreads across some Southwestern states

U.S. – The area along the Arizona and Utah border is continuing to see the measles outbreak that started in August, and California and Colorado have seen a number of cases. Nevada hasn’t seen any, but is monitoring the national trend. Meanwhile, the Arizona Department of Health Services is concerned about the outbreak and is closely monitoring it, said Dr. Joel Terriquez, the department’s medical director of the bureau of infectious diseases ser…