Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel joins 'Fox News Live' to discuss an outbreak of the measles virus in Texas and other areas of the United States. Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico, which have already seen one death, have many Americans wondering whether they are at risk and how cautious they should be.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that global measles outbreaks increase the likelihood of cases among unvaccinated travelers. This is something the center saw on Feb. 19 with a patient in California who returned from Asia.
So far, according to the CDC, there have been 165 reported cases of measles in 2025, 93% of which have been described as "outbreak-associated." The CDC defines an "outbreak" as three or more related cases of the illness. Signage stands outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
(Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images) FIRST MEASLES DEATH REPORTED IN WEST TEXAS AMID GROWING OUTBREAK Measles cases were reported in Alaska, California, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas, as of Feb. 27. "Measles is the most contagious respiratory virus on the planet earth," Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Dr.
Marc Siegel said on Saturday morning. Siegel said the outbreak is "occurring clearly because of low vaccination rates." Therefore, Dr.
Siegel says he is "not concerned" about those vaccinated a.
