"The CDC is struggling to respond to the measles outbreak in Texas. The U.S. has reported more than 700 cases in 25 states."

"A senior scientist overseeing the measles response by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a recent pullback of pandemic funding from states has hurt Texas’s response to its growing outbreak, now linked to 90 percent of cases in the United States.

“There are quite a number of resource requests coming in, in particular from Texas,” David Sugerman, a senior CDC scientist, said during a meeting of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel.

“There are funding limitations in light of covid-19 funding dissipating,” Sugerman said Tuesday, referring to $11.4 billion in coronavirus-related funds that the Department of Health and Human Services ordered pulled back from state and local health departments and community organizations late last month. State and local officials had used funds allocated during the pandemic to help control infectious diseases, including measles and bird flu."

Lena H. Sun reports for the Washington Post April 16, 2025. [2]

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"Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis" (New York Times) [3]