Measles cases are on track for their highest annual total since the disease was 'eliminated'

Child with measles.
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The measles have most certainly not been bumped.

Thanks to the widespread adoption of vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the virus eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. But America still saw 667 reported measles cases in 2014, and 2019's total looks like it'll shatter that record, CDC numbers released Monday show.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.