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@luckytran@mastodon.social 6 hr. ago

It’s official: Measles is no longer a disease that is eliminated in the US. I can’t emphasize enough how catastrophic a failure this is when a vaccine that is 97% effective exists. https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/13/health/us-measles-elimination-status

After 26 years, the US has lost its measles elimination status | CNN

Thanks to widespread vaccination, measles had been considered “eliminated” as a continually transmitting illness in the United States since 2000. But not anymore.

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