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Arizona is part of one of the nation's largest measles outbreaks as the number of cases surpasses the record high set in 2025, with five months of 2026 still to come.

The ongoing measles outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border has surpassed 500 cases.

Coconino County health officials are trying to determine who may have been exposed after another resident has tested positive for measles in Page.

Arizona health officials are continuing to recommend that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth despite a new recommendation from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel.

The small town is known for its polygamist history under the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A recent measles outbreak marks Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah again.

Coconino County health officials are warning those who visited the Flagstaff Mall last Thursday that they may have been exposed to measles.

A measles outbreak centered in the Colorado City community on the Utah border continues to grow.

The Arizona Department of Health Services reports nearly 4,792 new confirmed cases last week – a 42% increase from the previous week and an increase of more than 2,000% from this time last year.

Arizona and the rest of the country are currently experiencing a surge in influenza, COVID and RSV cases.

More than half of kindergarten classes in Arizona saw declines in students receiving routine vaccines for diseases like measles, mumps and rubella.