Measles continues to spread in northeast Ohio and Pennsylvania as international health officials meet to decide if the United States will lose its measles-free status.
When the Pan American Health Organization meets this week, it’s expected to decide whether the U.S. will retain the measles elimination status it earned in 2000 or, as many observers expect, it will be revoked after more than a year of continuous measles transmission.
The Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission will hold its annual meeting from November 10 to 13, 2026, to review the epidemiological situation of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome in the Americas, as well as countries’ elimination status…