Measles — also called rubeola — is highly contagious and can be serious and even fatal for small children. While death rates have been falling worldwide as more children receive the measles vaccine, ...

Georgia has reported measles in three residents. Here's a closer look at the virus, where it is, and how dangerous it is.

"Measles (rubeola) is highly contagious; one person infected with measles can infect 9 out of 10 unvaccinated individuals with whom they come in close contact," the CDC's health advisory said.

With an additional four measles cases reported late Thursday, we have an outbreak on the South Plains. So who is at risk? And ...

(In fact, measles was sometimes known as "little leprosy.") The medical name for measles is rubeola, and it is sometimes called red measles to differentiate it from the much milder rubella ...

Two school-age children from Gaines County who had measles were hospitalized in Lubbock, state officials said.

Students are reminded to submit proof of immunizations against rubeola (10-day measles), rubella (German measles), mumps, meningitis, diphtheria and tetanus to the PUSH immunization portal by June 30 ...