US loses its measles elimination status after 26 years
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November 14, 2026
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(CNN) — Thanks to widespread vaccination, measles had been considered “eliminated” as a continually transmitting illness in the United States since 2000 – but not anymore.
An independent commission of experts that reports to the director of the Pan American Health Organization determinedthat the US no longer qualified as having eliminated measles, a source close to the process told CNN on Friday.
The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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