The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks

Kansas logged eight more cases of measles in a week, as state health officials try to tamp down an multi-county outbreak that is linked to the large one in the Southwest.

The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, and Texas still accounts for the vast majority of cases in an outbreak that also spread measles to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.Two unvaccinated elementary school-aged children died from measles-related illnesses in the epicenter in West Texas, and an adult in New Mexico...