CDC chief: No measles response change if elimination status lost

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CDC chief says the United States would continue its current response to measles outbreaks even if it loses measles elimination status. The country is facing ongoing outbreaks, but the agency’s approach would not change.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be changing its response to the ongoing measles outbreaks if the country loses its measles elimination status this month. “Let’s say we did lose our measles elimination status. ​We’re going to be doing the same exact thing that we’ve been doing today, which is working…