Measles Cases In The U.S. Are At Highest Point Since The Disease Was ‘Eliminated’ In 2000

Definition-of-measles Before immunization was widely available in the United States, there were between three and four million cases of measles each year. After immunization became available, the number of measles cases in the U.S. dropped to a then record-low of just 86 cases being reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the year 2000. Fast forward to the year 2025 and the United States currently has the highest number of measles cases since the disease was virtually “eliminated” in the country in the year 2000, and we’re only halfway through the year. measles-cas