In a recent press briefing by the World Health Organization’s Natasha Crowcroft, a senior technical adviser on measles and rubella, warned that more than half the world will be at a “high or very high risk” of measles outbreaks by the end of 2024.
So far this year, 35 cases have been reported throughout the United States in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington. Interestingly, 2019 boasted the highest number of measles cases since 1992 with 1,274 cases reported.
