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