The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 378 people in 18 states have been diagnosed with ...

Both formulations of the so-called MMR vaccine contain weakened live forms of the measles virus. The vaccine does ...

Long before the measles vaccine became the target of those who mistrust the science, a Boston researcher enthralled the world ...

Cases have now popped up in at least 19 states, including Kentucky and Georgia. That’s near enough to home for me to start ...

RKF Jr. said "a lot of studies" show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life" but there’s no conclusive ...

Although measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, it still rages on in many parts of the world. With decreasing vaccination rates across the US, experts say, imported cases can ...

I write on this anniversary to bear witness to the recent but potentially fleeting miracle of elimination of measles,” writes ...

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to nearly 300 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus ...

With measles declared eliminated from the US in 2000 and national herd immunity strong, health experts have recommended that ...

New Mexico’s Department of Health reported 33 measles cases as of Tuesday, three more than last week, and says it now considers the outbreak there to be connected to the one in West Texas.

Public health officials have confirmed the first case of measles in a Los Angeles County resident this year — the second infected person known to have passed through Los Angeles International ...

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases around—much more so than Covid, the flu, or anything else, explains Mahvash Madni, M.D., a pediatrician and spokesperson for the American Academy ...