{"id":8497,"date":"2026-03-30T17:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=8497"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:22:20","slug":"we-study-pandemics-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/03\/30\/we-study-pandemics-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"We study pandemics. The resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what\u2019s coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers at Brown University\u2019s Pandemic Center warn that measles has become entrenched in the U.S., with over 1,300 infections confirmed by early March 2026 and continuous circulation for over a year. This resurgence is believed to be driven by a decline in the national MMR vaccination rate below the 95% herd immunity threshold, leaving the U.S. at risk of losing its measles elimination status. Beyond the immediate health risks and rising death toll, experts argue the outbreak serves as a &#8220;grim signal&#8221; of the country&#8217;s eroding capacity to manage infectious diseases due to waning public trust in health institutions. The economic burden is also staggering, with experts predicting that even a 1% drop in vaccine coverage could cost the U.S. billions in healthcare expenses and productivity losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> March 12, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ripple\/2026\/03\/12\/we-study-pandemics-and-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming\/\">washingtonpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Brown University\u2019s Pandemic Center warn that measles has become entrenched in the U.S., with over 1,300 infections confirmed by early March 2026 and continuous circulation for over a year. This resurgence is believed to be driven by a decline in the national MMR vaccination rate below the 95% herd immunity threshold, leaving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":8498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-pandemics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8842,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions\/8842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}