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Kansas reports 89 measles cases; state health department urges exposure notifications and vaccination
Summary
KDHE says Kansas had 89 confirmed measles cases as of early July 2025, mostly among children and in several western counties; officials brief lawmakers on hospitalizations, exposure locations and federal funding limitations for outbreak response.
Dr. Derek Daughton, chief medical officer at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), briefed the committee on the national and in-state measles outbreak during the July 9 meeting.
Daughton said 2025 became the largest measles year in the United States since 1992, with CDC reporting more than 1,200 cases nationwide in early July. In Kansas, the department had documented 89 total cases, 86 of them associated with a large outbreak spanning 11 counties; the greatest numbers were in Gray and Haskell counties. KDHE data show most Kansas cases are children: roughly 80% of cases statewide were in people younger than 18.
Daughton told the committee…
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