NEW YORK \u2014 New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over \u200ba measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases began surging in 2025.<\/p>\n
The state also expanded the \u200cpool of health professionals allowed to administer measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines as cases rise in rural communities.<\/p>\n
“No one \u2060should get seriously ill or \u200bdie from a vaccine-preventable disease,” Hochul \u2060said in a statement.<\/p>\n
New York has reported 108 measles cases this year \u200cthrough October 3, \u200cincluding 92 since July 15 in under-immunized rural communities across 18 \u2060counties, well above typical annual levels, \u2060according to the executive order.<\/p>\n
Seven of the cases are in New York City and 101 are elsewhere in the state, the governor’s office said. Local health departments have administered more than 1,000 MMR doses in rural areas since July 15.<\/p>\n
Neighboring Pennsylvania is battling a fast-spreading \u200coutbreak, with 977 cases and five deaths as \u200bof October 2, mostly in rural counties that border New York, the order said.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania health officials said on Monday the state’s total had passed 1,000 cases, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades.<\/p>\n
The US is having its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 cases reported, according to the Centers for \u200bDisease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n
The order allows registered nurses to order tests for suspected \u200cmeasles and pharmacists \u200cto vaccinate \u2060children as young as two. It also requires all MMR vaccinations to be reported to state or New York City immunization registries within 72 hours, while waiving adults’ consent for such reporting.<\/p>\n
Vaccination itself still requires the consent \u200cof the patient or \u200ba legal guardian. The emergency took effect \u200con Monday and runs \u2060through November 4.<\/p>\n
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