{"id":28871,"date":"2026-11-14T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=28871"},"modified":"2026-11-14T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:14:43","slug":"second-child-dies-from-measles-viral-infection-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/second-child-dies-from-measles-viral-infection-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Second child dies from measles viral infection in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_74c12974e302662c\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"1\">In 2026, a second child died from a measles viral infection in the state of Wisconsin, USA. According to the state\u2019s Department of Health Services, this marks the highest level of the disease&#8217;s outbreak in the last 35 years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"2\">In early November of this year, measles claimed the life of an infant in southwestern Wisconsin, which was the first measles-related fatality in the state since 1990.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">According to officials, as of November 13, the department had recorded nearly 650 cases of measles across 20 counties. Wisconsin&#8217;s State Health Officer and Administrator of the Division of Public Health, Paula Tran, urged families to get the recommended vaccinations and stay home if they may have had contact with an infected person.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000; however, experts say the disease has returned amid declining vaccination rates.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">A sharp surge in cases is also being recorded in Minnesota. As of November 13, 160 cases have been identified in the state, most of which have been recorded since mid-September of this year. This is the highest number reported in the state in decades.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">It is noteworthy that in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, the vaccination rate among kindergarteners was around 93% during the 2019\u201320 school year. By 2025\u201326, however, this figure had dropped to approximately 85% in both states, falling well below the level required for herd immunity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"7\">International health experts are considering whether the United States will lose its measles elimination status\u2014a major public health milestone the country achieved a quarter of a century ago.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"8\">A committee of the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) Pan American Health Organization is deliberating behind closed doors on whether there is evidence of continuous measles transmission in the US lasting more than 12 months. If confirmed, the country will lose the status granted in 2000. The committee will publish its final conclusion next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, a second child died from a measles viral infection in the state of Wisconsin, USA. According to the state\u2019s Department of Health Services, this marks the highest level of the disease&#8217;s outbreak in the last 35 years. In early November of this year, measles claimed the life of an infant in southwestern Wisconsin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":28870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1594,1665,1587,1657],"tags":[7863,7864,7722,7865,2140,2135],"class_list":["post-28871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-public-health","category-research","category-science","tag-child","tag-elimination-program","tag-measles","tag-measles-elimination-program","tag-usa","tag-ashsh"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28872,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28871\/revisions\/28872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}