A person walks past a sign at a health center where the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine is administered in Lubbock, Texas earlier this year.
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A person walks past a sign at a health center where the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine is administered in Lubbock, Texas earlier this year.
RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images
It’s been 25 years since measles was officially “eliminated” from the United States.
That’s a technical term. In public health, it means measles has not had a steady twelve month spread.
Right now there are measles cases in several states The biggest number of cases are in West Texas where two kids have died.
A quarter of a century after measles was officially eliminated in the US, the disease is once again spreading in West Texas, New Mexico and there are cases in several other states. What can be done to get the virus under control?
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This episode was produced by Noah Caldwell.
It had additional reporting from Olivia Aldridge from member station K-U-T in Austin.
It was edited by Courtney Dorning.
Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.