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The History of Measles in the US
Measles was eliminated from the US in the year 2000. Since 2010, we've had several years of much, much higher than normal cases. In 2014, there were 667 confirmed cases across 23 different outbreaks. We had 86 cases in 2016, 120 in 2017, 372 last year. As of February 14th, 2019, we have already had 127 confirmed cases.