{
  "question": "Was today measles eradicated?",
  "url": "https://was.today/measles-eradicated",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — measles has never been eradicated; 2025-26 outbreaks even cost several countries their elimination status.",
  "details": [
    "Smallpox remains the only human disease ever eradicated",
    "WHO aims for Western Pacific measles elimination by 2030",
    "Only about half of WHO member states hold elimination status"
  ],
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    {
      "title": "BMJ Global Health",
      "url": "https://gh.bmj.com/content/11/7/e021240?utm_campaign=Usage&utm_content=1785301203&utm_id=BMJ178&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter"
    },
    {
      "title": "Uptodate",
      "url": "https://www.uptodate.com/contents/measles-epidemiology-and-transmission?search=%ED%9C%B4%EB%8C%80%ED%8F%B0%EC%84%A0%EA%B2%B0%EC%A0%9C%E2%96%92+%E3%80%90%EC%B9%B4%ED%86%A1P3333%E3%80%91%E3%80%90%ED%94%BC%ED%84%B0%EB%A8%B8%EB%8B%88%E3%80%91+prize%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84%EC%83%81%ED%92%88%EA%B6%8C%ED%98%84%EA%B8%88%E3%85%A3%EC%86%8C%EC%95%A1%EA%B2%B0%EC%A0%9C%EC%B0%A8%EB%8B%A8%ED%95%B4%EC%A7%80filename+kt%ED%9C%B4%EB%8C%80%ED%8F%B0%EC%86%8C%EC%95%A1%EA%B2%B0%EC%A0%9C%ED%98%84%EA%B8%88%ED%99%94%E3%83%B6%EA%B5%AC%EA%B8%80%EA%B2%B0%EC%A0%9C%ED%98%84%EA%B8%88%ED%99%94%EC%88%98%EC%88%98%EB%A3%8C%E3%8E%98%EC%BB%AC%EC%B3%90%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C%ED%98%84%EA%B8%88%E2%84%93%E2%85%A4%EC%8B%A0%EC%9A%A9%EC%B9%B4%EB%93%9C%ED%8F%AC%EC%9D%B8%ED%8A%B8%ED%98%84%EA%B8%88%ED%99%94million&source=Out+of+date+-+zh-Hans&selectedTitle=4%7E150#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "World Health Organization (WHO)",
      "url": "https://www.who.int/westernpacific/newsroom/commentaries/detail/measles-is-making-a-comeback.-will-we-end-it-for-good#1"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-24",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/measles-eradicated/2026-10-24",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-25T02:15:59.330Z"
}