Live Friday, November 13, 2026 | 11am PT
Overview
Measles cases are rising across the United States. The Pan American Health Organization is currently reviewing the measles outbreak in the US, which is likely to lose its measles elimination status by November 19.
Roughly 41% of measles cases are in adults, ages 20 or older. An often overlooked population are older adults who immigrated from countries where routine measles vaccinations were introduced relatively late.
Many people who grew up in Asian countries may never have received a measles vaccine. India, for example, did not start to vaccinate against measles until 1985. Similarly, most countries in Africa and Central America did not begin measles vaccine programs until the early 1980s.
How can older immigrants determine whether they are protected? What should physicians know about patients’ vaccination histories, and when should antibody testing or catch-up vaccination be considered? Speakers this week will discuss these questions, and provide an overall update on the outbreak.
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Guest Speakers
- Patsy Stinchfield, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Executive Director of the Measles Collaborative
- Dr. Margot Savoy, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at the American Academy of Family Physicians
- Dr. Andi Shane, Chief of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Division at Emory University School of Medicine
- Munira Maalimisaq, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Founder and CEO of Inspire Change Clinic in Minneapolis
