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

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 ...

The heightened spread of the disease is a "canary in the coal mine" moment, representing the rapid return of several ...

The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid ...

The new data from the US Measles Tracker, hosted by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins ...

Losing measles elimination status “is a big deal in terms of reputation and prestige,” said Dr. Paul Spiegel, director of the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins University.

A sharp rise in measles cases since the start of 2024 represents a “threat” the U.S.’s ability to declare it an eliminated disease, the CDC says.

Measles vaccination rates may be lower than thought, risking ‘elimination status' Researchers say that rates may be as low as 71% in younger children, well below the threshold needed for herd ...

The most recent outbreak of measles is threatening the United States' elimination status, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published Thursday. The first ...

The U.S. has narrowly maintained its measles elimination status, despite one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in over 20 years, federal health officials said Friday. According to the Centers ...

Manitoba confirmed 12 more cases of measles in its weekly update posted online Wednesday, with the total number of confirmed ...

With the end of the New York state measles outbreak, “the United States anticipates maintaining its measles elimination status,” a statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...