Now from Times Square, here's what you need to know.

This new number of measles cases not only here in the U.S. but across the country,

concerning.

It's making a resurgent.

It's making a comeback.

So I just want to show you some of the numbers which have led to the WHO Health Alert.

When we can look globally, we've seen right now that measles has reached more than 10 million cases.

That's 20% higher than 2022 associated with that.

Over 100,000 people have lost their life, have died due to measles, mostly children.

If we focus now on the United States and understanding how this is affecting us here within this country,

within 2024, we saw at least 270 cases of measles

in states like Illinois, Minnesota, as well as Oregon.

Right now, these cases, and we're seeing increases,

it's respective or it's because of the limitation

and the decrease in vaccine participation.

We're seeing a lot of hesitation and a lot of concern

that grew out of the pandemic and a lot of misinformation, unfortunately.

But to be clear, this vaccine, the MMR vaccine, is up to 97% effective in preventing measles,

but it requires community involvement in order to protect as many people as possible.

Yeah, because, you know, these numbers are still going up and I'm like, this is like, you know, this isn't a modern problem. Is it? Like, how is this happening? It shouldn't be a modern problem, Eva, it's

100% or close to 100% preventable. How is this happening? I think when we step away from what we

know to be true, which are the benefits of vaccines, it causes many people to have hesitation and

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