(Undated) A second measles outbreak has been reported in Michigan.
Utah has seven measles cases, and health workers in New Mexico are trying to quickly contain an outbreak in a county jail.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports over 1,227 confirmed measles cases this year.
Other states with active outbreaks include Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, and Oklahoma.
This year, two elementary school-aged kids in West Texas and an adult in New Mexico have died of measles, and all were unvaccinated.
Measles is an airborne disease that spreads easily from one person to another through the coughs and sneezes of infected individuals. It may also be spread through direct contact with the mouth or nasal secretions. It is incredibly contagious: nine out of ten people who are not immune and share living space with an infected person will be infected.
