Twenty-five years after the disease was declared “eliminated” in the U.S., cases are rising again, with a Texas outbreak now ...
With spring break travel plans on the horizon, authorities and officials at both popular tourist destinations want people to ...
Measles cases are popping up across the United States, including an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.
Before the invention of vaccination, which helped eliminate the disease in the US, almost everyone in childhood got measles.
Measles is highly contagious. Without a vaccine, 9 out of 10 people exposed to measles will become infected, the CDC said. About 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children with measles will die, usually from ...
The number of confirmed measles cases in western Texas grew to 146, and it is possibly spreading to the central part of the ...
Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death — as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...
I recognize the serious impact of this outbreak on families, children, and healthcare workers,” Kennedy wrote on X Friday ...
Health officials in King County are urging caution following the first confirmed case of measles in Washington state this ...
The CDC put out a statement on the measles outbreak and suggested that vitamin A could be used for supportive care. Is vitamin A effective for measles?
Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas.