The Unseen Victims of America's Measles Epidemic The resurgence of measles cases in the US has been met with a mix of alarm and complacency.
Since 2000, the country had held the distinction of being a measles elimination zone, but now that status is at risk due to over 2,321 reported cases by mid July.
For many Americans, measles has become a distant memory, a childhood illness eradicated by vaccination.