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If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished soon, the United States will lose its \u201celimination status,\u201d as determined by the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

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The measles strain that triggered a huge outbreak in the Southwest continues to spread, threatening to end America\u2019s status as a nation that by and large has eliminated the illness, a federal health official said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The news came in a conference call, a recording of which was obtained by The New York Times, among officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments.<\/p>\n

The chain of transmission began in January, in a conservative Mennonite group on the western edge of Texas, and spread to Oklahoma and New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Countries lose their so-called elimination status, as determined by the World Health Organization, after 12 months of sustained transmission. The United States, which has held elimination status for 25 years, will reach that critical deadline at the end of January 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI wouldn\u2019t call the code yet, but I think the patient\u2019s not looking real good,\u201d said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Canada lost its elimination status last week, ending a 27-year run, after failing to control an outbreak that began at a Mennonite gathering<\/a> in October 2024.<\/p>\n

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If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished soon, the United States will lose its \u201celimination status,\u201d as determined by the World Health Organization.The measles strain that triggered a huge outbreak in the Southwest continues to spread, threatening to end America\u2019s status as a nation that by and large has eliminated the illness, a federal health official said on Monday.The news came in a conference call, a recording of which was obtained by The New York Times, among officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments.The chain of transmission began in January, in a conservative Mennonite group on the western edge of Texas, and spread to Oklahoma and New Mexico.Countries lose their so-called elimination status, as determined by the World Health Organization, after 12 months of sustained transmission. The United States, which has held elimination status for 25 years, will reach that critical deadline at the end of January 2026.\u201cI wouldn\u2019t call the code yet, but I think the patient\u2019s not looking real good,\u201d said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.Canada lost its elimination status last week, ending a 27-year run, after failing to control an outbreak that began at a Mennonite gathering in October 2024.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36661,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36662,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36659\/revisions\/36662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}