2026年3月2日 美国东部时间下午6:36 /路透社
2014年9月30日，佐治亚州亚特兰大市美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)总部外观。路透社/塔米·查佩尔
3月2日（路透社） – 美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)新任代理主任杰伊·巴塔查里亚周一敦促美国人接种麻疹疫苗，称这是抵御该疾病的最佳防护手段。
“麻疹是可预防的，接种疫苗仍然是保护自己和周围人群最有效的方式，”巴塔查里亚在X平台（原推特）发布的视频中表示。
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这一公共卫生呼吁与前任代理CDC主任吉姆·奥尼尔的言论形成鲜明对比。奥尼尔去年秋天曾对该疫苗的安全性提出质疑，并呼吁将其分多剂接种。
卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪(Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)已放弃对六种儿童疫苗的广泛接种建议，称父母必须在咨询医生后，根据个人情况决定是否让孩子接种。
南卡罗来纳州正全力应对麻疹疫情。该州周五报告了985例病例。根据CDC的最新数据，截至2月26日，2026年美国已确认1136例麻疹病例。
路透社/益普索的一项新民调显示，美国两党多数民众认为疫苗是安全的，并且儿童应该接种疫苗才能入学。
美国人认为疫苗安全
巴塔查里亚表示，CDC正在调集资源支持预防和应对工作，并与全国卫生官员定期协调。
“我们随时准备应要求提供CDC技术人员、实验室支持、疫苗和治疗方法，”他说。
路透社上月独家报道，南卡罗来纳州正在寻求非CDC的增援力量以控制不断扩大的麻疹疫情。该州公共卫生部已告知路透社，他们已向非营利性的CDC基金会请求派遣人员。
南卡罗来纳州一名卫生官员上周表示，CDC已允许该州临时扩充流行病学工作队伍，并且将寻求科学家和传染病专家的额外分析支持，以帮助评估数据并指导未来的应对工作。
同时担任美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)主任的巴塔查里亚于2月接任CDC代理主任一职。
尽管美国确诊感染人数创30年来最高，但该国仍在努力保持麻疹已被消灭的地位。
班加罗尔记者Sneha S K报道；Tasim Zahid和Shinjini Ganguli编辑
CDC acting director Bhattacharya urges use of measles vaccine
March 2, 2026 6:36 PM UTC / Reuters
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A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
March 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new acting director, Jay Bhattacharya, on Monday urged Americans to get vaccinated against measles, saying it was the best protection against the disease.
“Measles is preventable, and vaccination remains the most effective way to protect yourself and those around you,” Bhattacharya said in a video posted on X.
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The public health message was in sharp contrast to those from the previous acting CDC head, Jim O’Neill, who raised questions about the shot’s safety last fall and called for it to be split into several shots.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dropped broad recommendations for six childhood vaccines, saying that parents must make these decisions on an individual basis and only after consulting a doctor.
South Carolina is battling a measles outbreak. The state reported 985 cases on Friday. As of February 26, 1,136 confirmed measles cases were reported in the U.S. in 2026, according to the CDC’s latest data.
A bipartisan majority of Americans believe vaccines are safe and that children should receive them to attend school, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
AMERICANS BELIEVE VACCINE IS SAFE
Bhattacharya said the CDC was surging resources to support prevention and response efforts, and coordinating regularly with health officials across the country.
“We stand ready to provide CDC technical staff, laboratory support, vaccines and therapeutics upon request,” he said.
Reuters last month exclusively reported that South Carolina was seeking non-CDC reinforcements to contain the growing measles outbreak. The South Carolina Department of Public Health had told Reuters it has requested personnel from the nonprofit CDC Foundation.
A South Carolina health official last week said the CDC had allowed the state to temporarily expand its epidemiology workforce, and that it would seek additional analytical support from scientists and infectious-disease specialists to help evaluate the data and guide future response efforts.
Bhattacharya, who is also the director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, stepped in as acting director of the CDC in February.
The U.S. is trying to retain its status of having eliminated measles even after recording the highest number of confirmed infections in three decades.
Reporting by Sneha S K in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid and Shinjini Ganguli
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