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THE US is likely to lose its measles elimination status this week when the Pan-American Health Organization, part of the public health arm of the United Nations, meets to review data from the multiple outbreaks that have occurred nationwide in the past two years.

As of early November, there are 5,182 confirmed measles cases in 47 states. This is more than double of cases in 2025—the CDC reported 2,289 measles cases in 45 states. And a far cry from when measles were practically eliminated in the US with a record low of 86 cases two decades ago.

Of all the US cases this year, 96 percent come from people who are unvaccinated.…