The U.S. faces its worst measles outbreak in over 30 years, with 1,333 cases in 2025, threatening its elimination status due ...

That status can be maintained if there isn’t local transmission of measles for one year or more. That status was threatened but held in 2019 when the country recorded 1,274 cases of measles.

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

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The U.S. has reported more measles cases in the first half of this year than in any full year since 1992, raising concerns that the country could lose its measles elimination status and undo a 25 ...

Under the watch of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr a vaccine-preventable disease has continued to spread across the US.

This is not the first time that the measles elimination status has been at risk. In 2019, there were 1,274 reported cases due to outbreak in Washington state and in New York State and New York City.

Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, meaning there has not been continuous transmission for more than a year at a time. Reaching this status was “a historic public health achievement,” ...

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.

Measles normally clears up within seven to 10 days. However, it can lead to pneumonia, meningitis, blindness and seizures.

In Chicago, an individual with measles traveled through two terminals at O'Hare International Airport over the course of a week. On Dec. 17, the individual passed through O'Hare's Terminal 1, and ...