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We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming

  • Written by Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Pandemic Center, Brown University
imageThe U.S. eliminated measles in 2000, but the disease is once again circulating around the country. Marina Demidiuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare – a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that...

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