Measles cases at university in Florida soar to nearly 60

At slightest 21 U.S. states person confirmed cases of measles arsenic outbreaks proceed dispersed crossed the country.

At Ave Maria University adjacent Naples, Florida, measles cases person soared to astir 60. A sophomore astatine the school, who is unvaccinated, told CBS News helium developed symptoms earlier helium tested positive.

"Honestly, astatine first, it … benignant of felt similar a caput cold," the pupil said. "I started to get a small rash and past similar I started to get a sore throat, a cough."

At a session crossed the thoroughfare from campus, Dr. Raul Enad said he's treated 2 measles patients – a pupil and a professor, some of whom were vaccinated.

"The professor, she was successful interaction with a pupil who had a terrible illness, terrible manifestation," Enad said. "She would person been much sick if she had not been vaccinated."

In a connection connected its website, the university said that its "ongoing precedence remains the health, information and well-being of each subordinate of our field community."

Surging cases crossed U.S.

The U.S. is present astatine hazard of losing its measles-elimination presumption for the archetypal clip successful much than 2 decades.

"It's conscionable the outgo of doing concern with our borders being somewhat porous for planetary and planetary travel," main lawman manager astatine the CDC, Ralph Abraham, said past month. "We person these communities that take to beryllium unvaccinated. That's their idiosyncratic freedom."

CBS News has tracked much than 1,000 confirmed cases nationwide successful 2026, which is astir fractional of what was recorded successful each of 2025.

Three years agone astatine this time, determination were lone 2 cases of the highly contagious virus, according to the CDC.

South Carolina continues to person the largest outbreak with much than 900 cases since September.

The CDC recommends children person their archetypal dose of the MMR vaccine betwixt 12 and 15 months.

"I deliberation it's a bully reminder that kids should get the measles shot," FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said. "We enactment out, the administration, what we see halfway indispensable vaccines, measles is 1 of them."

Symptoms of measles

According to the CDC, measles symptoms "appear 7 to 14 days aft interaction with the virus."

Symptoms whitethorn include:

• High fever (may spike to much than 104° F)
• Cough
• Runny chemoreceptor (coryza)
• Red, watery eyes (conjunctivitis)
• Rash

In immoderate cases, superior complications tin develop, including pneumonia oregon encephalitis, a swelling of the brain. 

Kelsie Hoffman contributed to this report.

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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Measles