As a result, officials are strongly emphasizing the importance of vaccination as the primary defence against measles. Public health officials are ramping up vaccination campaigns and advising ...

The symptoms of measles go beyond a rash and can lead to serious complications, but research shows the MMR vaccine offers ...

As new cases are reported, our maps and illustrations show the spread of the virus and how infections can run through a ...

Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...

Fresno County confirmed a measles case linked to international travel, highlighting the risks of the highly contagious ...

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

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has reported two cases of measles linked to an outbreak originating in Texas and New ...

With measles cases now confirmed in Oklahoma, health officials are urging the public to take precautions against one of the ...

According to the CDC, Georgia's vaccination rate is currently around 88.4%. However, health officials say a vaccination rate of 95% is needed to prevent measles from spreading.

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

Children under 5 are at the highest ... that may appear inside the mouth two to three days after other symptoms begin There is no cure for measles, but the virus typically runs its course and ...

Measles: highly contagious, airborne & surface-spread. Understand transmission, symptoms, & prevention to protect public ...