Thanks, morons. Orange grifter and brainwormed, leatherfaced crank has made measles endemic in America once again. Make Measles Great Again!
Measles is once again endemic — a constant and predictable presence — in the United States, 26 years after it was declared eliminated in the country, an analysis of genetic data from outbreaks of the disease has found.Data from the outbreaks will be the focus of deliberations by an international panel of scientific experts convening on Tuesday to decide whether the United States should lose its official designation as a nation that has eliminated measles. An announcement of the decision is expected on Nov. 17.
Achieving elimination status in 2000 was a hard-fought public health victory for the United States. But with skepticism about the safety of vaccines growing in recent years, outbreaks have become more frequent. Over the past two years, cases have soared, with nearly 5,200 reported so far this year. Last week alone, Pennsylvania, New York and Wisconsin each reported a death associated with measles, bringing this year’s total to eight, more than the combined deaths from 2000 through 2024.
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Three chains that were continuing in July 2026 — two in Utah and one in Arizona — can all be traced to an outbreak in Texas more than a year earlier. One of those, which was still continuing in Utah in September, had been circulating for over a year in that state, occasionally spilling over into Oregon and Washington.
“This alone is strong evidence that there has been ongoing transmission for over a year,” said Bill Hanage, a co-director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.