New Mexico's measles outbreak cost $5.4 million, CDC finds

Last year's New Mexico measles outbreak, which caused one death, cost roughly $5.4 million, an analysis from the CDC found. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder breaks down where those costs came from.

The measles outbreak in 2025 cost almost $5.4 million to contain according to new research published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Authors of the study said $53,522 was spent per measles case, which breaks down to $1,817 per person that came into contact with the viral disease.  Numbers for their findings

A single measles outbreak cost US society more than $5 million last year