Timeline: 70 Years of Measles Data
2019
This timeline from PBS NewsHour presents key moments and outbreaks in U.S. measles history since 1492—a response to the current resurgence in the vaccine-preventable disease. In the first few months of 2019, the epidemic has already surpassed a 25-year record. The timeline specifically highlights how a policy switch in 1989—giving two people two doses of the vaccine—helped eliminate the disease in the U.S. by 2000.
Timeline: 70 Years of Measles Data
Source:
Akpan N, Dennis, V. How Bad is the Measles Comeback? Here’s 70 Years of Data. PBS NewsHour 2019; Jun 18. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-bad-is-the-measles-comeback-heres-70-years-of-data.