The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported on Friday an increase in measles cases in the Americas, particularly North America, amid rising deaths from the infection in Mexico, the United States and Canada.

The West Texas measles outbreak, the nation’s largest in 30 years, is now over, state health officials announced on Monday.

Health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over. The virus sickened 762 people since late January.

Texas’ measles outbreak — which sickened hundreds of people and claimed the lives of two children this year — is officially over. Officials at the state public health department announced on Monday morning that it has now been more than 42 days since the last outbreak-connected measles case was reported. That means the state’s outbreak has ended.