There have been 1,277 confirmed cases of measles this year, which has eclipsed 2019 to become the highest annual total since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. And there is still half ...

Why it matters if the U.S. loses its measles elimination status Here’s what could happen if the deadly disease returns as an enduring health threat. July 10, 2025 ...

Losing the status is a far bigger deal than most people likely know, and getting it back is no fast or easy feat.

RFK Jr.'s “tepid endorsement” of measles vaccination puts the U.S. at risk of losing its elimination status of the disease as early as January, the FDA's former top vaccine regulator said.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported 21 more measles cases from the past week, pushing the year’s total above a record set in 2019 for the most cases since the ...

“The U.S. is at risk of losing its measles elimination status should cases continue at this rate,” said William Moss, a pediatrician at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

U.S. measles cases topped 700 Friday, ... Ousted FDA vaccine chief says US measles elimination status under threat Here's what else you need to know about measles in the U.S.

Measles was officially eliminated from the United States in 2000. Elimination status is defined as the absence of regular, endemic transmission of the virus within a country or specific region. Unlike ...

The U.S. is up to 1,001 confirmed measles cases. The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks As the outbreak in West Texas slows, other states are reporting multiple cases.

Canada is witnessing a significant rise in measles cases—something that has left health authorities in the country worried. The country achieved the measles elimination status in 1998. However ...

Ousted FDA vaccine chief says US measles elimination status under threat The Texas outbreak reached 505 confirmed cases on Tuesday. Most infections are in children.

But the elimination status is very much in jeopardy now. “We are at risk for measles becoming endemic again in the United States,” said Dr. S. Wesley Long , medical director of microbiology at ...