Now to the southern Pacific island nation of Samoa, where the government has shut down for two days to deal with a measles outbreak that has killed at least 60 people, most of them children. The ...
Over the past five years, measles outbreaks have hit more than 100 countries. Canada lost its official measles elimination status on Nov. 10, 2025. The United States could be next. Eight-month-old ...
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In 2000, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a major victory: the US had effectively eliminated measles, a global scourge. Now, 25 ...
Background: In June 2019, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., visited Samoa a few months before the country’s deadly measles outbreak. At the time of Kennedy’s trip, measles vaccination rates in the Pacific ...
Share on Pinterest Measles Vaccinations offered by Harris Public Health are photographed on Saturday, April 5, 2025 in Houston. Image credit: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images Measles ...
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