Measles outbreaks are surging across the U.S., putting the nation on track to lose its measles-elimination status for the first time since 2000. More than 700 cases and two child deaths have been reported in Texas, while South Carolina quarantined over 250 people amid new cases. Experts link the resurgence to declining vaccination rates fueled by the anti-vaccine movement, including policies under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. If transmission continues uninterrupted for 12 months, elimination status will be lost—an outcome specialists call deeply alarming and preventable.