Global experts weigh whether US keeps measles elimination status amid surge
Global health experts are reviewing whether the United States has lost its measles elimination status, held since 2000, after outbreaks across the country.
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What happened
Global health experts are reviewing whether the United States has lost its measles elimination status, held since 2000, after outbreaks across the country. The CDC says its measles response will stay unchanged if the U.S. loses the status, and U.S. cases have risen to 5,412.
Why it matters
Losing the status would carry mainly symbolic weight, since the effects of rising cases and deaths are already clear.
Timeline
- Nov 11, 6:02 AM ET: Global health experts said they would decide in the coming days whether the U.S. had lost its measles-free status, held since 2000.
- Nov 13, 11:31 AM ET: The CDC reported U.S. measles cases had risen to 5,412, as the country faced its worst outbreak of the infection in decades.
- Nov 13, 1:06 PM ET: Analysis said the U.S. is likely to lose its measles elimination status, with the loss primarily symbolic.
Coverage
- With measles surging, the US is likely to lose 'elimination' status. Vaccines offer best hope (mynbc5.com)
- A Step Back for U.S. Public Health: The U.S. Is Likely to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status (kffaeronw)
- ‘It’s kind of alarming’: APSU Professors tracking measles uptick near Fort Campbell (clarksvillenow.com)
- US measles cases rise to 5,412, CDC says (detroitnews.com)
- Q&A: How Can We Slow the United States’ Measles Outbreak? (newsblog.drexel.edu)
- How measles came raging back in the span of a single generation (CNN)
- US had eliminated measles. RFK Jr. helped bring it back (USA Today)
- The US and Mexico are on the verge of forfeiting a major health victory. Here's what to know (WRAL)
- The US and Mexico are on the verge of forfeiting a major health victory. Here's what to know (AP)
- US likely to lose ‘measles elimination’ status as cases rise (politifact.com)
- Measles, flu, and a message for elected leaders (yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com)
- Measles forges a deadly trail across America, exposing fractured health system (hanfordsentinel.com)
- Declining vaccination rates put U.S. measles elimination at risk (news-medical.net)
- The U.S. may soon lose measles elimination status (statnews.com)
- Measles cases surge in Ohio as U.S. elimination status is questioned (Spectrum News)
- U.S. measles cases just passed a level not seen in 35 years (cleveland.com)
- Health body strips US of measles-free status as cases surge
- Measles deaths in US reach 10 as outbreak spreads
- US measles deaths climb to 10 as outbreak spreads nationwide
- US measles deaths reach 10 as outbreak spreads across states
- Experts weigh whether US keeps measles-free status amid surging cases
- Georgia health officials confirm three more measles cases
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