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Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall

  • Written by Kathryn H. Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair, Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
imageCanada eliminated measles in 1998 but had a major outbreak in 2025.jure/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In the wake of a measles outbreak in Canada that has infected thousands of people over the past year, an international health agency revoked the country’s measles-free status on Nov. 10, 2025.

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