Europe EditionVaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak rippling out from Mennonite community
- Health authorities in Chihuahua, Mexico, are responding to the largest measles outbreak in decades, centered in the Mennonite community since March 2025.
- The outbreak was linked to an unvaccinated 8-year-old boy from the Mennonite community who traveled to see family in Seminole, Texas, a key area affected by the U.S. Outbreak.
- Low vaccination rates around 70% in the Mennonite community and 76% statewide, combined with widespread vaccine misinformation and distrust, have hindered containment efforts.
- Federal authorities have identified 922 measles infections and a single fatality in Chihuahua, while vaccination teams carry out door-to-door efforts that aim to increase immunization rates while respecting local community practices.
- The outbreak’s spread into Indigenous and other populations and limited vaccination uptake imply challenges remain to controlling measles in the region.
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Los Angeles Times
Vaccination teams in Mexico mobilize for a measles outbreak in a Mennonite community
Federal officials have documented 922 cases and one death in Chihuahua.
Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak
Vaccination teams are part of an effort by health authorities across Mexico to contain the country’s biggest measles outbreak in decades. Cases are climbing not only in Mexico, but in the U.S. and Canada. Mexico's cases have been concentrated in…
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Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak rippling out from Mennonite community
Vaccination teams are part of an effort by health authorities across Mexico to contain the country’s biggest measles outbreak in decades.
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