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Outbreak of world’s most contagious disease in California hits highest levels in nearly a decade
- California reports 39 measles cases this year, with Sacramento and Placer counties at the center of the outbreak.
- Most affected patients are under 20, and 95% lack vaccination or have unknown status.
- Measles was declared eliminated in 2000 but has resurged as vaccination rates declined, fueling recent outbreaks.
- CDC reports more than 2,200 measles cases nationwide and multiple outbreaks this year.
- California logged additional cases in 2025, with a rise from 2024 totals as the year progressed.
- The first California case arose in an unvaccinated toddler recently who traveled to South Carolina.
- Public health officials emphasize vaccination as a key prevention measure amid the outbreak.
- Supply of information notes 45 states have reported measles cases this year.
- Outbreaks can be defined as three or more related cases.
- Public health officials referenced past outbreaks and the 2019 statewide total of 73 cases.
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