Measles Outbreak in Mexico

The North America Measles Outbreak is not showing any signs of slowing down.

Measles outbreaks in Texas, Canada, and Europe are getting more attention, but it’s time folks became more aware of what’s going on in Mexico.

Measles Outbreak in Mexico

They have an outbreak that continues to grow larger and larger, centered in one of Mexico’s largest Mennonite communities.

The North America Measles Outbreak, with cases in Canada, Mexico, and the United States (Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Kansas) are all linked to unvaccinated Mennonite communities.

Folks should also be aware of how the measles outbreak in Mexico started.

It spread from the big measles outbreak in west Texas!

“Mexico’s current outbreak began in March. Officials traced it to an 8-year-old unvaccinated Mennonite boy who visited relatives in Seminole, Texas — at the center of the U.S. outbreak.”

Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak from Mennonite community

So in addition to the 709 measles cases in 29 Texas counties, including 467 children, 92 hospitalizations, and 2 deaths, plus all the cases in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas, you can add over 1,000 cases in Mexico to the Texas outbreak total.

Anti-vaccine influencers aren’t asking about measles strains anymore, are they? All of these cases are related to a large outbreak (over 1,400 cases) that began in a Mennonite community in Ontario, Canada.

And just how big has the measles outbreak in Mexico gotten already?

Unlike the United States, Mexico has been mostly free of measles for the past 20 years, except for relatively small outbreaks in 2019 and 2020.

In the state of Chihuahua alone, in northwestern Mexico, there have been over 1,000 cases of measles and one death, an unvaccinated 31-year-old man.

The Federal Secretary of Health, David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, the governor of the state of Chihuahua, María Eugenia Campos Galván, and the host mayor, Elías Humberto Pérez Mendoza all attended the First National Vaccination Week event in Cuauhtémoc.

An outbreak that has led to calls for vaccinations and vaccine campaigns to help stop the outbreak.

“The United States and Canada are experiencing one of their worst measles outbreaks in years, while the virus has also crossed to neighbouring Mexico.

A total of 2,500 cases and four deaths have been reported in the outbreaks across the three countries. Vaccine hesitancy has been blamed.”

Why is measles spreading in Canada, Mexico and the US?

Although some public officials are obviously doing a better job than others of getting the word out to get people in their communities vaccinated…

So what’s next?

Unfortunately, it is likely that we can expect more measles. There are few signs that enough folks are getting vaccinated and protected to help stop these outbreaks.

And we will ultimately see that measles will once again become endemic in North America.

What does that mean?

Mostly, it means that you can more often and more easily expect to be exposed to someone with measles.

You won’t have to go out of your way and travel out of the country or visit an area where there is already an outbreak. A trip to the grocery store, a ride on a train, or simply going to school will eventually get you exposed to someone with measles. And that is very bad news for folks whose vaccine didn’t work, are too young to be vaccinated, or have a true medical exemption for vaccines.

If you or your child is unvaccinated, it is time to get an MMR vaccine. Whatever your concern about the vaccine, we can assure you that the risk from measles is far worse.

That is, unless, of course, we can stop these outbreaks now.

References

Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak from Mennonite community https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/vaccine-teams-mexico-scramble-measles-outbreak-rippling-mennonite-121628034

Measles – Region of the Americas https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON565

‘Diseases know no borders’: Measles spreads with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and U.S. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/diseases-know-no-borders-measles-spreads-with-outbreaks-in-canada-mexico-and-u-s

Federal Health Secretary and Maru Campos close the First National Vaccination Week in Cuauhtémoc https://oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/ciencia-y-salud/secretario-de-salud-federal-y-maru-campos-clausuran-la-primera-semana-nacional-de-vacunacion-23084540

Why is measles spreading in Canada, Mexico and the US? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/why-is-measles-spreading-in-canada-mexico-and-the-us