{"id":479120,"date":"2026-06-15T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/479120\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:02:10","slug":"utah-reports-nearly-700-measles-cases-since-outbreak-began-threatens-elimination-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/479120\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah reports nearly 700 measles cases since outbreak began, threatens elimination status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 In the year since measles began spreading across the United States, Utah has reported nearly 700 cases. <\/p>\n<p>The Utah Department of Health and Human Services has reported 482 new cases so far in 2026 &#8211; the second highest in the nation, behind only South Carolina. In 2025, the Beehive State reported 197 cases, bringing the total to 679 since the outbreak began. <\/p>\n<p>As cases continue to grow, the United States is expected to lose its measles elimination status within the next year or two, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/public-health\/utah-measles-outbreak-vaccines-preventable-diseases-doctors-strained-new-normal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KFF Health News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report cites difficulties in the outbreak spreading beyond containment due to steadily dropping vaccination rates in Utah. According to KFF Health News, less than 80% of kindergartners were adequately immunized in the 2024-25 school year in southwest Utah &#8211; which has served as the epicenter of Utah&#8217;s measles outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Only 87% of kindergartners were adequately immunized statewide, which KFF Health News reports is &#8220;far below the 95% threshold required for herd immunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (3)<\/p>\n<p>_____<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 In the year since measles began spreading across the United States, Utah has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-479120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}