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

After 26 years, the US has lost its measles elimination status
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Thanks to widespread vaccination, measles had been considered “eliminated” as a continually transmitting illness in the United States since 2000 – but not anymore. An independent commission of experts that reports to the director of the Pan American Health Organizat...

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