Screengrab: New York Times, 7/8/2025
Efforts from local public health officials to contain outbreaks have also been hamstrung by the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has downplayed the outbreak, offered only muted support of vaccines and endorsed unproven treatments for the virus. The federal health department has also tried to cut funding to state health departments.
Another challenge in controlling this year’s outbreak is the global rise of measles. Large outbreaks have spread through Mexico and parts of Canada, which has had a record number of cases this year. This spring, the World Health Organization announced that Europe had reported the highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, attributes this to internationally declining vaccination rates, which have created “a new world order” for the spread of measles.
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