US measles cases top 5,000 for the first time since the 1990s

Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 5,000 people have been infected with measles in the United States this year, as the country faces the loss of its long-held elimination status later this month. kAm%96 &]$] r6?E6CD 7@C s:D62D6 r@?EC@= 2?5 !C6G6?E:@? 4@?7:C>65 d[`ga >62D=6D :?764E:@?D @? uC:52J[ E96 9:896DE D:?46 `hh`] %96 AF3=:4 962=E9 286?4J 92D C64@8?:K65 ;FDE 7@FC 562E9D ?2E:@?H:56 E9:D J62C C6=2E65 E@ E96 5:D62D6 — 2 3C62< 7C@> AC64656?E — 27E6C !6??DJ=G2?:2’D 962=E9 56A2CE>6?E 4@?7:C>65 D:I >62D=6D\2DD@4:2E65 562E9D 2?5 }6H *@C< 2?5 (:D4@?D:? 3@E9 C6A@CE65 @?6]k^Am kAm%96 9:89=J :?764E:@FD 5:D62D6 92D 366? DAC625:?8 2E 2? :?4C62D:?8 A246 2D G244:?2E:@? 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