Jennifer Nuzzo
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Oct 9, 2026
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
There have been 40 measles outbreaks nationwide in 2026, compared with 16 in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
We're living with measles as an ongoing public health threat to the United States, said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Brown University Pandemic Center.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
Continuing the quotation, as long as measles continues to transmit in the country, it will find its way into these exquisitely vulnerable communities and cause massive outbreaks.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
For decades, the U.S. recorded as many as a few dozen or a hundred measles cases each year, but historic outbreaks in Texas, Utah, and South Carolina over the past two years have fueled decades-high case counts.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
There have been forty measles outbreaks nationwide in twenty twenty-six, compared with sixteen in twenty twenty-four, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
"We're living with measles as an ongoing public health threat to the United States," said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Brown University Pandemic Center.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
Continuing the quotation, "As long as measles continues to transmit in the country, it will find its way into these exquisitely vulnerable communities and cause massive outbreaks." For decades, the U.S.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
recorded as many as a few dozen or a hundred measles cases each year, but historic outbreaks in Texas, Utah, and South Carolina over the past two years have fueled decades-high case counts, decades-high case counts.
Jessica SteierHOST
We brought in some help to make sense of it all.
Jessica SteierHOST
Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo walks us through what's on the rise.
Jessica SteierHOST
Patsy Stinchfield talks about how we stop measles from spreading, and Dr. Nicole Basta breaks down the latest evidence on how well flu and COVID vaccines protect us from the worst outcomes.
Jessica SteierHOST
So first up is Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, professor of epidemiology and director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health.
Jessica SteierHOST
Her work focuses on pandemic preparedness and global health security, including co-leading the Global Health Security Index, which compares how prepared 195 countries are for outbreaks.
Jessica SteierHOST
She's also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Brannon HowseHOST
The European Commission is monitoring this very closely, they say.
Brannon HowseHOST
And Jennifer Nuzzo, who directs the Pandemic Center at Brown University, called the situation concerning, saying, quote, "Something else seems to be going on," end quote, based on how the authorities are responding and the scale of the isolation measures, end quote.
Brannon HowseHOST
Our next story comes from the Gatestone Institute, where Robert Williams argues that Sweden's center-right government was not voted out over policy.
Brannon HowseHOST
It was removed by what he calls ballot box jihad.
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They suggested Utah and Arizona weren't directly linked to Texas, O'Neill wrote.
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Jennifer Nuzzo, who directs Brown University's Pandemic Center, read the effort differently.
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Nuzzo said that if we keep our status, it should be because we have stopped the spread of measles.
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Nuzzo added, it's like they're trying to be graded on a curve.
Michael OsterholmHOST
And honestly, I don't think other countries are the right comparison anyway.
Michael OsterholmHOST
One of my close colleagues, Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, who directs the Pandemic Center at Brown University School, stated, Quote, let's compare ourselves to ourselves, unquote.
Michael OsterholmHOST
In 2023, the U.S. reported a total of 59 measles cases.
Michael OsterholmHOST
In 2024, there were 285.