By Marie Rosenthal, MS
This story was updated on March 31.
Since the CDC’s health alert was announced on March 7, the number of measles cases has grown 444 in Texas and New Mexico alone, and the number of states that have reported cases have increased to 20.
The states outside of Texas and New Mexico which are reporting cases are: Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania,