The U.S. is experiencing a significant measles outbreak, prompting concerns for infants under one year. With vaccination rates dropping, the CDC recommends administering an early MMR dose at 6 to 11 months in outbreak areas. Although these early doses are deemed safe, infants will still need two additional shots at 1 and 4 to 6 years. The outbreak has led to 483 confirmed cases across 19 states, including a measles-related death in a child under five, highlighting the disease's severe health risks and contagious nature.
For decades, American parents have relied on high levels of vaccination in the community to keep their babies safe from measles from the time they are born until they can get the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 months of age.
Since the beginning of 2025, an outbreak in West Texas has led to measles outbreaks across the country. As of March 27, 2025, CDC reports that there are 483 confirmed cases in 19 states.
Measles is not simply a rash and fever. It can lead to pneumonia, deafness, blindness, and acute encephalitis, a life-threatening inflammation of the brain.
As the measles outbreak expands rapidly across the U.S., parents of infants face an agonizing dilemma: Is it safe to take my baby into public spaces?
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