Measles outbreak

The United States has reached an alarming milestone that few public health experts expected to see again. By mid-July 2026, the country had recorded more than 2,295 confirmed measles cases, making it the highest annual total in 35 years. Even more concerning, this record has been broken with several months still remaining in the year, …

For almost three decades, Canada stood as a model for successful disease control, celebrated for its near-perfect record of keeping measles at bay. That record was broken when health officials confirmed that Canada had officially lost its measles elimination status, becoming the first country in the Americas to do so since the COVID-19 pandemic. The …