@Remittancegirl
27,000 in 1990.
2,200 in 2025
910 to Feb 12, 2026.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

@Remittancegirl A bit of a bump around 1990. This link from 2019 suggests the following.

"Public health historians partially attribute the outbreak to budget cuts during President Ronald Reagan's administration that affected federal funds directed toward immunization and public health initiatives.

"There was just less White House support for childhood immunization," says Elena Conis, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she specializes in medical history. "

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/13/722944146/how-public-health-outreach-ended-a-1990s-measles-outbreak-and-whats-different-no

@cmconseils Should have been called Dying Light.