In 2026, the number of measles cases reached a 35-year high of 2,290, the Washington Post reported, citing the Johns Hopkins University Measles Follow-Up Service. "The United States has recorded its highest number of measles cases in one year since 1991...
According to the measles follow-up service of Johns Hopkins University, as of Tuesday, 2,295 cases have been registered in the country," the newspaper writes. As the publication notes, for comparison, 2,289 cases were registered in 2025, while in 1991 this number exceeded 9,600. Health officials fear that such outbreaks will continue, noting that the actual number of cases far exceeds official figures.
According to William Moss, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the number of cases is likely to continue to rise.
