The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

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After being declared "eliminated" in the United States in 2000, confirmed cases of measles — a highly infectious disease — have hit a 33-year high at 1,288 so far this year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that cases surpassed 2019,

The US has more measles cases this year than in any year since 1992, with 1,288 confirmed infections nationwide.Thirty-eight states and Washington DC have reported cases, resulting in 155 hospitalizations and three deaths,

Cases have reached the highest yearly total since 1992 in less than seven months, and vaccination rates for kindergartners have fallen nationally.