A measles outbreak which started in January in a rural Mennonite community in Texas and affected 762 people, including two children who died, is over, according to local health officials.
The disease, which can cause pneumonia and swelling of the brain, as well as pregnancy complications, is highly contagious, but preventable through vaccination.
The Texas Department of State Health Services took 42 days, the maximum incubation period, to ensure no new cases had appeared to confirm the outbreak was over.
However, cases of measles are still emerging elsewhere in the US, with 40 other states reporting new cases and 32 outbreaks this year compared to 16 in 2024.
Low vaccination rates are being blamed for the resurgence of the disease, which was eliminated in the US in 2000.
