After public health experts declared measles eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established seven indicators of measles elimination status to ensure that the country remained on track. Now, analyzing these same indicators, Boston Children’s Hospital researchers find that the U.S. has missed four of the seven criteria, with the others at risk. These findings are published in The Lancet.
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