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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.

States like Georgia and Texas have reported a high number of measles cases, putting Alabama health officials on high alert.

Measles cases rise in nearby states; ADPH reminds parents to check kids' MMR vaccination status. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — With measles cases on the rise in states like Texas and Georgia, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is reminding parents to check their children’s vaccination status and ensure they are up-to-date on the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

A child has died of measles in Texas, officials said — the first death from the highly contagious disease the United States has seen in a decade. The school-age child was not vaccinated, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

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

Overall, unvaccinated children are at the greatest risk for measles, according to the CDC. The CDC currently recommends two doses of the MMR vaccine for all children, with a first dose at age 12-15 months and a second dose at age 4-6 years.