Measles is one of the world’s most contagious viruses. Here’s what to know and how to avoid it
Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases ...
Measles alert issued in New Jersey after cases confirmed in Bergen County
New Jersey's health department says a Bergen County resident was diagnosed with measles after returning from an international ...
Analysis-Measles Death in Texas Puts Kennedy's Vaccine Views to the Test
Kennedy's immediate response to news of the measles death, the first in the U.S. since 2015, was to say that such outbreaks ...
Measles Outbreak in Texas Claims Life of Unvaccinated Child
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), the victim was an unvaccinated school-aged child who died ...
Mennonite pastor says his community isn't at fault for Texas measles outbreak
After Mennonites in Gaines County were singled out in discourse about the spread of measles in Texas, local pastor Jake Fehr ...
Texas child is first reported US measles death in a decade as outbreak hits more than 130
A child in West Texas has died of measles, state health officials said on Wednesday, the first reported U.S. death from the ...
As measles cases mount in the U.S., what’s the situation worldwide?
In the U.S., most states now are below the 95% vaccination threshold for kindergartners — the level needed to protect ...
Do You Need a Measles Booster?
Vaccines are the most effective tools to combat measles. Breakthrough cases — infections among the vaccinated — are extremely ...
Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?
The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of ...
At the center of Texas measles outbreak, a by-the-numbers look at high rates of vaccine exemptions
Gaines County in West Texas is at the heart of the ongoing measles outbreak. Non-medical vaccine exemption rates there are ...
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, officials there said Wednesday, the first U.S.
Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas Outbreak
At least 124 cases have been reported since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who were unvaccinated or whose ...