Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in more than three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. has 1,288 cases since the beginning of the year.

Note: The above video shows the top headlines from the morning of July 8, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas – In an update on Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 753 confirmed cases of measles in the West Texas outbreak.

Measles cases in the US have reached a 33-year high, with nearly 1,300 cases reported in the last seven months, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – The Texas Department of State Health Services reported the first case of measles in 2025 in Bexar County. The agency announced the new case in its weekly update published on Tuesday. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

As of July 1, 753 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas, with 53 cases in Lubbock County and 414 cases in Gaines County. The Texas Department of State Health Services has provided

The case count as of July 8 passed the highest annual count since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.

California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as the nation is suffering its largest outbreak of the super-infectious disease in decades.

Texas health officials on Tuesday said the county at the center of the state's measles outbreak is no longer classified as an outbreak county.