The Luna County Detention Center, located in the southwest New Mexico city of Deming, houses about 400 incarcerated people ...

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Michigan has its second measles outbreak of the year, Utah has seven cases and health workers in New Mexico are rushing to ...

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The 5 new infections push the state's total to 86 cases in eight counties.

A measles outbreak has reached the Luna County Detention Center in Deming, New Mexico, marking the first confirmed cases in ...

The U.S. logged fewer than 20 measles cases this week, though Iowa announced the state’s first outbreak Thursday and Georgia confirmed its second Wednesday. There have been 1,214 confirmed me… ...

Other U.S. states with active outbreaks — which the CDC defines as three or more related cases — include Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and Oklahoma.

New Mexico held steady Friday with a total of 81 cases. Seven people have been hospitalized since the outbreak started. Most of the state’s cases are in Lea County.