Anonymous25 days ago
The United States is experiencing the concrete health consequences of years of growing vaccine skepticism, with measles cases reaching a 33-year high of 2,283 in 2025 and over 1,281 cases already in the first months of 2026. Declining childhood vaccination rates — now in their fifth consecutive year of decline — combined with federal policy changes under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that gutted the recommended childhood vaccine schedule, have eroded herd immunity and cost the Americas their measles elimination status for the first time since 2000.