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Is America Losing the Fight Against Measles? A Closer Look at the Crisis and Its National Security Implications

By Economics Desk | January 20, 2026

With measles outbreaks surging across states, America faces losing its hard-won elimination status—a wake-up call about failed vaccine policies and weakened public health defenses threatening our nation’s security.

It has been a year since a devastating measles outbreak began in West Texas, and now international health authorities are poised to strip the United States of its measles elimination status. This is not just a symbolic loss; it signals a dangerous erosion of our national resilience against vaccine-preventable diseases that once seemed decisively defeated. Why Has Measles Made a Comeback in America? More than two decades ago, America's commitment to vaccination campaigns crowned us as measles-free in 2000. But today, cracks in that commitment have allowed this highly contagious virus to regain footholds from Texas all the way to...

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