The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reminds parents to make sure their children are up to date with their measles vaccinations. Cases of this serious and highly contagious disease are rising in several states including Texas and Georgia just in the first two months of 2025.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is warning families in Alabama about the need for measles vaccinations. The alert was prompted after outbreaks in Texas and Georgia in just the first two months of 2025.

From the ADPH: he Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reminds parents to make sure their children are up to date with their measles vaccinations. Cases of this serious and highly contagious disease are rising in several states including Texas and Georgia just in the first two months of 2025.

This comes after cases of the highly contagious disease are rising in several states, including Texas and Georgia, during the first two months of 2025.

After a second surge of flu hospitalization earlier in February, federal and Georgia data indicate the spread is slowing down.

As Texas continues to battle a growing measles outbreak largely among its unvaccinated children, six other states have confirmed cases, as well.

Measles cases are rising in the U.S. with infections confirmed in at least five states this year, and primarily spreading among unvaccinated people.

Alaska, Georgia, New York and Rhode Island have also reported measles cases this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This is a measles outbreak that began in a very ...