The United States is likely to lose its measles elimination status this week after an international public health body reviews data from nearly two years of outbreaks amounting to more than 7,000 measles cases across the country.
Leaders from the Pan American Health Organization, which is part of the World Health Organization, are meeting this week to decide if measles can still be called eliminated in the U.S.
A quarter century after vaccines eliminated the highly contagious disease, the US has lost its grip on measles and its reputation as the gold standard in global public health.
Measles is once again endemic in the United States, 26 years after it was declared eliminated in the country, an analysis of genetic data from outbreaks of the disease has found.
Country is in the middle of worst measles outbreak since 1991, with more than 5,400 cases nationally The United States could lose its measles elimination status this week, an event likely to cement health secretary Robert F.
The United States could lose its measles-elimination status as Pan American Health Organization experts review whether outbreaks reflect continuous transmission; the country has reported 5,182 cases in 2026, with outbreaks concentrated largely among unvaccinated people.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be changing its response to the ongoing measles outbreaks if the country loses its measles elimination status this month. “Let's say we did lose our measles elimination status.
The measles are back, and the outbreak isn’t just costing Americans their health. The surge is also costing the U.S. economy millions . In 2025, the United States experienced the largest number of measles cases since its elimination in 2000 26 years ago.
Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel outbreaks around the country.
Figures highlight spread of virus, officially declared eliminated in US in 2000, but CDC does not identify which states accounted for deaths The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported six measles-related deaths in the US this year, according to figures published on its website on …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed six measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year, according to the agency’s website on Thursday, as the country grapples with its worst resurgence of the virus in decades.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed six measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year, according to the agency's website Thursday, as the country grapples with its worst resurgence of the virus in decades.
By Deidre McPhillips, Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa, CNN (CNN) — Deadly measles outbreaks have driven case counts higher than they’ve been in the United States since the early 1990s, and the country is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status.
This policy watch examines the United States’ measles elimination status, including what it means to eliminate measles, whether the current measles outbreak could threaten the country’s measles elimination status, and what losing that status might mean for measles control.
(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) reported Friday that there was a seventh measles-associated death and there are now 1,542 confirmed measles cases in the Commonwealth, 37 more since Monday’s update.
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