Number of confirmed U.S. measles cases in 39 states as of July 8, a 33-year-high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been three confirmed deaths, and 13 percent of the cases have led to hospitalizations. Twenty-nine percent of the cases were in children younger than 5 and 36 percent in those between the ages of 5 and 19. In 92 percent of the cases, the individuals were unvaccinated or their vaccination status was unknown.
