A child has died of measles in Texas, officials said — the first death from the highly contagious disease the United States ...

People who were vaccinated against measles as a child are considered less likely to become infected with the highly ...

Health officials aim to improve public understanding of the importance of measles vaccinations and, for some, potentially the need for a booster shot.

Dr. Hal Scofield is a physician-scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and he also serves as associate chief ...

Do fully vaccinated adults ever need a booster vaccine? No. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers people ...

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

Measles is a respiratory disease caused by one of the world's most contagious viruses. It spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It most commonly affects kids. The best ...

There are a number of other vaccines that are part of the CDC’s recommended childhood vaccination schedule that generally don ...

A major measles outbreak in West Texas — which on Tuesday resulted in the death of an unvaccinated child, the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade — highlights the troubling rise in measles in ...

Here's what to know about the measles and how to protect yourself. It's a respiratory disease caused by one of the world's ...

Immune responses to PCV13 were blunted among infants who received the first vaccine dose during a respiratory viral season.