measles

The first confirmed case of measles within the state of Missouri in 2025 was announced today. The case was diagnosed in a child visiting Taney County in southern Missouri who had recently traveled abroad.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have already been more than 700 measles cases in the United States so far this year. That's more than double the number of cases reported in all of 2024.

Since 2017, the percentage of Missouri's kindergarten-age children who have received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine has dropped from 95% to around 90%, according to state health officials.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a health advisory due to an increase in measles cases across the United States – including in Missouri. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith sat down with Dr. Amruta Padhye, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at University of Missouri Health Care, to learn more about the disease and what symptoms folks should be on the lookout for.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform doctors and public health officials of an increase in measles cases across the United States – including in Missouri.

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