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In Canada, measles was once a disease of the past. But it’s increasingly becoming a health threat of the present, after backsliding vaccination rates allowed the virus to creep back into circulation.
Canada officially eliminated measles nearly three decades ago, but for years, medical experts warned it was poised to make a comeback — and disruptions to routine childhood immunization efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic may have sped