Health● Elevated44m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 9:22 AM
USA loses "measles-free" status
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Observador · Portugal · North America
For the first time since 2000, the US did not meet WHO standards, which consider a country free of the disease if "there are no locally transmitted measles infections or outbreaks."
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