U.S. Measles Surge Follows Earlier Global Leadership in Containment

PBS NewsHour reported that the United States, once a global leader in containing measles, is now seeing the disease surge back. The outlet's Horizons segment, moderated by William Brangham, was described in its summary as a look at how the country reached this point and where it goes now. The full PBS NewsHour report is available on the outlet's website.

According to PBS NewsHour, the country is "once a global leader in our ability to contain this virus," and the summary describes it as now experiencing a renewed rise in measles. The summary names Dr. William Schaffner and Jessica Malaty Rivera as the guests taking part in the discussion.

The summary does not give case totals, regional figures, or the specific causes of the rise, and it does not describe what the guests said. The source material for this report consists only of the outlet's title and summary, so those details are not reported here.

Sources: PBS NewsHour: Once a global leader in containing measles, U.S. now struggles with surge.