In 2024, there were a total of 285 cases of measles in the United States. Around 40 percent of these cases were hospitalized for isolation or for management of measles complications. From January 1 to March 6, 2025, there were 222 cases of measles, with 17 percent needing hospitalization. Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be especially dangerous for young children. Vaccines against measles resulted in a significant decrease in cases in the United States over the last few decades; however, increasing vaccine hesitancy and skepticism has been blamed for recent outbreaks.

In 2024, there were a total of 285 cases of measles in the United States. That year, around half of measles cases among children aged under five years were hospitalized for isolation or for management of measles complications. From January 1 to March 6, 2025, there were 222 cases of measles, with 28 percent of cases among children under five needing hospitalization. Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be especially dangerous for young children. Vaccines against measles resulted in a significant decrease in cases in the United States over the last few decades; however, increasing vaccine hesitancy and skepticism has been blamed for recent outbreaks.

abbreviations: IfSG - German Infection Protection Act, GHS – German hospital statistics.aNumbers in columns 2–5 are reported data; numbers in column 6 (in italics) represent extrapolations from GHS data using the pooled hospitalization rate derived form IfSG data for the years 2001 to 2009 (344/7525 = 0.046).

The demographic and clinical characteristics of 267 patients with clinical measles admitted to Mulago Hospital from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2018.