With the return to school, parents and authorities are attentive to the spread of diseases that can be prevented with vaccines. Among them, the resurgence of measles is of particular concern.
As of August 20, 2026, the United States had reported 2,777 confirmed cases of measles, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The figure reflects a worrying change: In the last two years there have been more cases than during the entire period between 2000 and 2024.
Why is a disease that medicine had managed to control re-emerging?
In this episode of One Day at a TimeDr. Eneida Roldán, public health specialist and executive dean at Barry University, analyzes the current outbreak and explains why measles should not be considered simply a childhood disease. It also puts under scrutiny some of the myths about vaccines that circulate on social networks.
Additionally, Julio Vaqueiro visits the mobile pediatric vaccination unit at the University of Miami, where he talks with parents who came to vaccinate their children and learn more about the prevention of this disease.
