For decades, measles vaccination has been a global success story. Deaths from measles dropped 88% around the world from 2000 to 2024, according to a new report from the World ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Health officials sent out a warning on Wednesday, saying Arizonans may have been exposed to the measles in three different public places last week. Maricopa County Department of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Health officials are warning that there may have been a possible measles exposure at Philadelphia International Airport. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says an ...

Nevada has confirmed its first measles case in a resident since 2018, health officials said Friday, Nov. 7, as national case numbers continue to climb. The case involves an infant from Clark County ...

Canada has lost its measles elimination status amid a large ongoing outbreak of the virus, the Public Health Agency of Canada said Monday. Canada’s health agency was informed by the Pan American ...

Canada has officially lost its measles elimination status, meaning the highly contagious disease is once again spreading consistently there. The declaration was made by the Pan American Health ...

If current trends continue, North America could soon become a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week, and the U.S. may not be far behind.

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A top infectious disease expert at UNLV said Friday that he’s keeping a close eye on the ongoing measles outbreak in two of Nevada’s neighboring states, Utah and Arizona, which had grown to 140 cases.

THANK YOU. SOUTH CAROLINA HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED FOUR NEW CASES OF MEASLES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES STATEWIDE TO 37. 34 OF THOSE CASES ARE RELATED TO THE CURRENT OUTBREAK IN THE ...

Anna Howe receives funding from the Health Research Council and Arthritis NZ. She has been involved in research funded by GSK and was the first KPS Research Fellow. She has previously worked for the ...

An outbreak of measles at the Arizona-Utah border has grown to 123 cases and multiple people have been hospitalized, updated data shows. As of Oct. 23, an outbreak of the highly contagious respiratory ...