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Anna Fajardo, a public health nurse, offers vaccines at a school registration event in southwestern Utah.
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The U.S. has lost its status as a country where measles is eliminated, a public health triumph secured a quarter century ago.
Researchers with direct knowledge of the deliberations on the country's status told KFF Health News that the Pan American Health Organization reached the conclusion this week: Measles has reestablished regular transmission in the country.
