When will measles be eradicated?

All member states in the six World Health Organization regions have committed to eliminating measles by the year 2020. Once every country eliminates a disease, health officials consider the disease “eradicated” from the world. read more

So measles cases in the U.S. are uncommon compared to the number of cases before a vaccine was available. Since 2000, when public health officials declared measles eliminated from the U.S., the annual number of people reported to have measles ranged from a low of 37 people in 2004 to a high of 667 people in 2014. read more

Measles Eradicated From the Americas By Sandy Ong On 9/28/16 at 11:01 AM A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet is seen at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts February 26, 2015. read more

For many, measles results in a fever, runny nose and rash, but others can die from it. For rubella, which was declared eliminated from the Americas in 2015, the worry is similar, officials said in the press conference. read more

Measles Eradicated From the Americas. A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet is seen at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts February 26, 2015. read more

The World Health Organization on Tuesday declared the region of North and South America to be free of measles, a highly infectious virus that used to kill 500,000 children across the world every year. read more