United States is nearly measles-free …

FDA Consumer, Jan, 2000

United States is nearly measles-free ... Only 100 cases of measles were recorded in the United States in 1998, virtually stamping out what was once a common childhood disease. The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said all but 29 of those cases involved people who were initially infected in other countries.

The number suggests that measles has joined the ranks of smallpox, polio, diphtheria, and other diseases essentially wiped out in the United States, due mainly to immunizations. Just 10 years ago, there were over 27,000 domestic measles cases and 64 deaths.