The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

The epicenter of the crisis is Texas, particularly Gaines County, where 414 of the state’s 753 cases have been reported

Measles cases in the United States are the highest they’ve been since the country eliminated the disease in 2000. The U.S. has reported 1,277 cases since the start of the year, according to NBC News’ tally of state health department data.

Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high.

The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.

After being declared "eliminated" in the United States in 2000, confirmed cases of measles — a highly infectious disease — have hit a 33-year high at 1,288 so far this year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that cases surpassed 2019,

Utah hasn't had any new measles patients within the past seven days. That hasn't happened since the state's first infection was announced June 20.

Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.