According to CoinMeta, American media reported on the 13th that the Pan American Health Organization has decided to no longer classify the United States as a country free from measles. The Wall Street Journal and CNN ( CNN ) cited sources familiar with the matter to report this news. The Pan American Health Organization is a regional agency of the World Health Organization. For a country or region to be classified as free from measles by the WHO, there must be no local transmission cases of the same strain for more than 12 consecutive months. The United States declared measles eradicated in 2000. However, since 2025, the number of measles cases in the U.S. has exceeded the total number of cases during the 25 years from 2000 to 2024. (Xinhua News Agency)