US Edition'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
Dr. Mehmet Oz urged measles vaccination as outbreaks rise in multiple states amid falling U.S. vaccination rates and high exemption levels, risking loss of measles elimination status.
- On Sunday, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, urged Americans to `Take the vaccine, please` amid outbreaks in South Carolina surpassing Texas' 2025 cases and one at the Utah–Arizona border, warning the United States risks losing its measles elimination status.
- U.S. vaccination data show rates have dropped and the share of children with exemptions reached an all-time high, while the Republican administration last month dropped some vaccine recommendations and misinformation from the coronavirus pandemic fuels distrust.
- Oz noted Medicare and Medicaid will continue to cover the measles vaccine, saying `There will never be a barrier to Americans get access to the measles vaccine` and defending recent federal vaccine recommendations.
- Children have borne the brunt of the outbreaks, raising concerns about public-health setbacks, while state public health authorities form alliances to counter federal government vaccine guidance.
- Longer term, advisory shifts and leadership scrutiny suggest concerns over vaccine guidance, as a federal vaccine advisory board overhauled by Kennedy last year voted to no longer recommend thimerosal-containing vaccines.
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Dr. Oz Urges Americans to ‘Take the Vaccine’
Dr. Mehmet Oz responded to a recent surge in measles cases, urging Americans in a CNN interview to “take the vaccine, please.” Said Oz: “We have a solution for a problem. Not all illnesses are equally dangerous and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses. But measles is one where you should get your vaccine.”
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