People who are vaccinated, or who have had the measles before, are unlikely to catch the virus ― even if they come into ...

Measles was considered to be eliminted in the U.S. in 2000, thanks to vaccine developments. But vaccination rates have ...

Gaines County in West Texas is at the heart of the ongoing measles outbreak. Non-medical vaccine exemption rates there are ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, downplayed the seriousness of an ongoing measles ...

The childhood measles-mumps-rubella vaccine will usually protect you against the measles for your entire life.

At least 124 cases have been reported since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who were unvaccinated or whose ...

Here’s what to know about the outbreak after the first U.S. death since 2015 from the highly contagious—but ...

Measles, an airborne virus, is one of the world’s most contagious diseases, more than flu or COVID, and it generally affects ...

An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak that has infected more than 100 people.

Two top Louisiana officials who are physicians are encouraging residents to get vaccinated against measles as an outbreak ...

An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and one death has largely been linked to a local Mennonite community.