US warned to prepare for millions of measles cases in next 25 years, if vaccine ...

By Jen Christensen, CNN Because measles is so contagious, experts say the only way to prevent outbreaks is if at least 95 percent of a community has received two doses of the MMR vaccine. After this rate was maintained for a decade, though, coverage dipped during the Covid-19 pandemic and has yet to recover. The measles vaccination rate fell to 92.7 percent for kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year, according to data from the CDC. Measles could become endemic in the United States again, if r