Measles Outbreak 2024. Measles case total is now the highest of the last five years, according to the cdc. On march 8 2024, the chicago department of public health (cdph) identified its first case of measles since 2019.

The high proportion (nearly half) of cases among children below 5 years of age. Potentially hundreds of people were exposed to measles in wayne and washtenaw counties over the last week as two adults who had traveled internationally and.