Outbreaks
Measles is back because denialism beat public health: falling vaccination, porous policy, and weak leadership are turning a solved problem deadly again
The United States is not alone in its race for a new Dark Ages, but it is absolutely leading the pack in the current lap of what amounts to an idiotic and deadly competition. The nation stands, in February 2026, as a vanguard in epidemiological denialism. And its consequences.
The story to date isn’t great. In 2025, America had its worst year for measles…
