![Measles used to be a common childhood disease but after an effective vaccine was developed, the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 but this year](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/04/30/measles-outbreaks_wide-9dad1dff2b0da1c810507236a5ed6ba5b69b8469.jpg?s=600)
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. nearly 20 years ago. But with this year's record-setting outbreaks, are we close to measles to making a sustained comeback?
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