US EditionWe study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
In 2025, the US reported 2,283 measles cases with 11% hospitalized, as vaccination rates dropped below 95%, threatening regional elimination status, PAHO said.
- In 2025, the United States recorded 2,283 confirmed measles cases and three deaths, the highest toll since elimination.
- With vaccination rates falling below 95 percent, affected countries and South Carolina face surveillance gaps that could mask true measles hospitalizations.
- Measles can cause pneumonia and encephalitis, which may lead to death or disabilities, and rare cases develop subacute sclerosing panencephalitis years later.
- This past year, US public-health authorities warn ongoing measles outbreaks cause serious harms, including hospitalizations, deaths, and a school-age child in Los Angeles died years after infant infection.
- The Pan American Health Organization postponed its April meeting until November to decide whether the US and Mexico risk losing measles-elimination status, as Canada did in November 2025.
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We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what's coming
In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare—a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it sometimes fails to make headlines when a new outbreak erupts.
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We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000, but the disease is once again circulating around the country. Marina Demidiuk/iStock via Getty Images PlusIn the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare – a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it sometimes fails to make headlines when a new outbreak erupts. As of March 2026, measles has been continu…
The Measles Resurgence Is a Warning Shot for the Next Pandemic
Measles is back. Not as a footnote in public health reports, but as a full-blown crisis — one that pandemic researchers say should terrify anyone paying attention to what comes next. A group of scientists who study pandemics published a stark assessment in Ars Technica, arguing that the return of measles in countries where it was effectively eliminated isn’t just a vaccine-preventable disease problem. It’s a stress test of our entire public heal…
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