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A year since measles started raging in Canada, the outbreak's subsided, but the virus shows no signs of being stamped out.

This week, the World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization , said measles has made a "global comeback," with Canada currently reporting the highest total number of cases in the Americas region.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said it considers Oct. 27, 2024 the starting part of an outbreak that's hit more than 5,000 confirmed and probable cases of the highly contagious measles virus that spreads in the air. Two deaths in this outbreak, one in Ontario and one in Alberta , occurred among babies who were born pre-term and got measles in the womb.

While Canada achieved measles eradication status in 1998 , doctors are

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