Federal health agencies like the CDC lack authority to require vaccinations in response to ongoing measles outbreaks in New York and Washington states.
Clusters of parents choosing not to vaccinate their children and a proliferation of state loopholes that allow vaccinated parents to skirt school vaccination requirements have been widely blamed for the resurgence in measles cases.
The U.S. declared measles eradicated in 2000. But in the latest outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified 79 cases of measles in 10 states in January 2019 alone. Of those, 51 happened in Washington state, and all but ...
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