Map Shows Countries With Measles Eliminated—as US Could Lose Status
Summary
The United States, Mexico, and Bolivia are on a watch list as the Pan American Health Organization reviews measles status across the Americas. The United States reported 5,182 measles cases and six measles-related deaths in 2026 as of November 6, raising the possibility that it could lose its measles-elimination status.Key Facts
- The Pan American Health Organization planned to review measles reports at its annual meeting in Washington on Friday.
- The United States declared measles eliminated in 2000, meaning the disease was no longer continuously circulating there.
- The United States, Mexico, and Bolivia were on PAHO's watch list for possible loss of measles-free status.
- The United States recorded 5,182 measles cases in 2026 as of November 6, compared with 85 cases in 2000.
- Six people died from measles in the United States in 2026 as of November 6.
- The three measles-related deaths recorded in the United States in 2025 were the country's first such deaths in a decade.
- A Johns Hopkins University study published in June 2025 found that 78 percent of 2,066 counties studied reported a decline in childhood MMR vaccination.
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