Measles is seen as the “canary in the coal mine” of public health and the resurgence of a vaccine-preventable disease is a warning, says Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health’s Hsu Li Yang. SINGAPORE: The most contagious disease known to humans is making a comeback. The United States reported 1,001 confirmed measles cases and three deaths as of Friday (May 9), a dramatic increase from 285 cases and no deaths for the whole of 2024. Declared to have eliminated measles by the World Health