CDC still puts Bangladesh in the global measles top ten, but the table is not a June case count, because the page is dated May 15 and lists Bangladesh with 3,276 cases in provisional WHO monthly surveillance data covering October 2025 through March 2026. [1]

That continues the paper's June 2 distinction between the CDC global table and the still-missing parent service map: one instrument ranks countries, while the other would tell families where to go for catch-up vaccination and exposure instructions. [1]

RTHK, carrying AFP, reported that Bangladesh's outbreak had killed 481 children by May 21, that a national campaign had reached 18 million children, and that officials tied the exposure to gaps in vaccination coverage and procurement delay. [2]

CDC's framing is broader than Bangladesh, warning that measles can cross borders and cause outbreaks wherever people are unvaccinated or under-vaccinated, so the travel task is to verify protection before the trip and watch under-vaccinated communities after imported cases arrive. [1]

The useful reader sentence is narrower than the discourse: Bangladesh remains high in the global table, the local toll is newer, and families still need service-level instructions that a surveillance ranking does not provide. [1] [2]

-- NORA WHITFIELD, Chicago