Daily Briefing for November 7, 2026
Physician in the Loop · Nov 7, 2026 · 5:48
Physician in the Loop · Nov 7, 2026 · 5:48
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U.S. measles cases pass 5,000, the most since 1991
The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source.
The United States has recorded 5,182 confirmed measles cases in 2026, the most since 1991, federal data released Friday showed, days before a regional review that could end the country's measles elimination status.
The count is more than double the 2,289 cases of 2025, and children and teenagers make up about 59% of them, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures reported by Bloomberg and Al Jazeera. The Pan American Health Organization said in March that it would review U.S. elimination status at its November meeting; a country loses the status after 12 months of uninterrupted spread of one viral lineage.
The Food and Drug Administration also opened an investigation of tumors in patients treated with the spinal muscular atrophy gene therapy Zolgensma, and HCA Healthcare said about 10,000 of its physicians will be documenting with ambient AI by year's end.
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