What physician Adam Ratner learned when talking to the parents of unvaccinated children who contracted measles during the ...

A child in Suffolk County became the latest known person in the region to contract measles. Experts recommend vaccines as the ...

Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...

Dr. Chris Foley, chief of clinical operations at CHKD, says measles is very preventable if vaccination rates increase.

Widespread immunization prevents outbreaks, including the one in Texas that has infected at least 198 people and led to 1 ...

Measles was eradicated in the U.S, 25 years ago, but now, cases are climbing nationwide, largely among unvaccinated individuals. And as the airborne virus spreads, so does misinformation. Here are ...

We know there are lots of questions surrounding measles after the Maryland Department of Health confirmed one case in Howard County on Sunday, so we asked an expert.

A child who was hospitalized with measles has died from the illness in West Texas, state and local health officials announced Wednesday, Feb. 26. It is the first death in a measles outbreak that ...

Measles is a highly contagious viral infection. It can affect anyone, but is more common in children. According to the World Health Organization, measles is one of the world’s most contagious ...

By Teddy Rosenbluth A raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which has so far killed one child, has not abated and may have taken root in New Mexico, state health officials reported on Friday.

The first death occurred in late February. The patient, an unvaccinated school-age child in West Texas, was the first person to die from measles in the U.S. since 2015. On March 6, the New ...