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The number of measles cases in 2019 has hit record highs in the US and the rest of the world, as millions of children miss out on vaccination against the virus. In America, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has logged nearly 700 cases—the highest number since 1994—while the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates the global burden at more than 110,000 in the just the first three months of 2019, representing a 300 percent increase from the same period in 2018, according to Reuters.
“The measles virus will always find unvaccinated children,” Henrietta Fore, executive director of the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF, says in a statement. “The ground for the global measles outbreaks we are witnessing today was laid years ago.”
More than 22 US states have recorded outbreaks of the virus in 2019 so far. The 695 confirmed cases top ...
