Arizona has reported 345 measles cases since 2025 — the state’s largest case count in decades. But the state did not report a single case during the month of October — it was the first month with no cases in Arizona in over a year.
This time last year, Arizona was reporting dozens of measles cases per month. But transmission has slowed dramatically since this summer. The state confirmed just one case in August, one in September, and none in October.
In Mohave County, which had been the site of Arizona’s largest outbreak, no cases have been reported since late April.
But the extremely contagious disease does continue to spread elsewhere in the country. And Shane Brady, deputy assistant director of preparedness with the Arizona Department of Health Services, said Arizonans still face some risk, especially with the holidays approaching…