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US could lose measles-free status soon as RFK Jr’s pushes anti-vaccine agenda

Headline via The Guardian · first report 11 Nov, 18:26 IST, latest 12 Nov, 06:03 IST

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What we know

3 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from STAT at 11 Nov, 18:26 IST; the latest is from Al Jazeera at 12 Nov, 06:03 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report11 Nov, 18:26 IST
Latest report12 Nov, 06:03 IST
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A regional WHO body will hold a four-day meeting determining whether the U.S. has maintained measles elimination. All signs point to no
Country is in the middle of worst measles outbreak since 1991, with more than 5,400 cases nationallyThe United States could lose its measles elimination status this week, an event likely to cement health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s legacy of meddling in…
An independent commission is reviewing whether countries in the Americas still meet measles elimination criteria.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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