Boston Children's Hospital researchers found that the U.S. failed to meet four of seven CDC measles elimination indicators established in 2000, with cases exceeding safe thresholds and outbreaks spreading across 45 states since January 2025. The analysis, published in The Lancet, attributes the resurgence to declining vaccination rates and warns that the country risks losing its measles elimination status at a Pan American Health Organization review scheduled for November 2026.
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Boston Children's Hospital researchers found that the U.S. failed to meet four of seven CDC measles elimination indicators established in 2000, with cases exceeding safe thresholds and outbreaks spreading across 45 states since January 2025. The analysis, published in The Lancet, attributes the resurgence to declining vaccination rates and warns that the country risks losing its measles elimination status at a Pan American Health Organization review scheduled for November 2026.