‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr Oz urges amid rising measles cases

A senior US public health official called on Americans to get vaccinated as outbreaks continue in multiple states. Dr Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, spoke in support on Sunday. "Take the vaccine, please," said Oz.

"We have a solution for our problem." He told CNN’s State of the Union: "Not all illnesses are equally dangerous and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses. But measles is one you should get your vaccine." South Carolina is experiencing an outbreak involving hundreds of cases, exceeding the number recorded in Texas’ measles outbreak earlier in 2025.

Another outbreak has been identified along the Utah-Arizona border, and several additional states have reported confirmed cases this year. Children have been the most affected. Public health specialists say the resurgence is occurring as skepticism toward vaccines grows, potentially fueling the return of a disease that officials had previously declared eliminated in the US.

United States, South Carolina; Utah-Arizona border; Texas

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