The CDC's count is 14 more than 2019, when America almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness.

The number of reported measles cases in the United States has hit 1,288 in the first six months of this year, the most since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.

The CDC's count is 14 more than 2019, when America almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness.