Canada loses measles-free status after deadly outbreak

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Canada has lost its measles elimination status, health officials said on Monday, a major setback caused by a year-long resurgence of the disease largely among unvaccinated groups. Canada was formally declared measles-free in 1998, an achievement credited to years of consistently high childhood vaccination rates. But an outbreak that began in the eastern part of the country in October 2024 has since