AP Spotlight PUBLIC HEALTH Measles cases are up sharply in 2024. Here’s what’s driving the increase — and why it’s such a big deal DEVI SHASTRI and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press Apr 14, 2024 Apr 14, 2024 Updated Feb 25, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Measles outbreaks in the U.S. and abroad are raising health experts' concern about the preventable, once-common childhood virus.kAm~?6 @7 E96 H@C=5VD >@DE 4@?E28:@FD 5:D62D6D[ >62D=6D 42? =625 E@ A@E6?E:2==J D6C:@FD 4@>A=:42E:@?D] %96 36DE 5676?D6[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 6IA6CEDn v6E G244:?2E65]k^AmkAmw6C6VD H92E E@ <?@H 23@FE E96 J62C — D@ 72C — :? >62D=6D]k^Am k9bmw@H >2?J >62D=6D 42D6D 92D E96 &]$] D66? 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