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- Dr. Mehmet Oz urged Americans to get vaccinated against measles amid rising outbreaks in several states.
- He emphasized the vaccine's importance and warned the United States could lose measles elimination status.
- Oz defended revised federal vaccine recommendations and said Medicare and Medicaid will cover the measles vaccine, while critics question Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s past vaccine skepticism.
- Vaccination rates have declined, leading to increased cases of preventable diseases.
