Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low ...

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 ...

Before the measles vaccine, there were over 30 million cases of the disease worldwide each year.

Texas is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in 30 years, primarily affecting the South Plains region. A child has died ...

The People’s Voice cited South Plains Public Health District vaccination clinics held Feb. 6 and 7 in Gaines County. On Feb. 5, the Texas state health department confirmed Gaines had six cases of ...

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping ...

A child who was hospitalized with measles in Texas has died, state health officials said this week. It marks the first death ...

The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 146 cases with most infections reported among children and teenagers, according to new data released Friday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday upheld the role of vaccines in offering protection against ...

The latest update comes two days after the first death was reported in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.

One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, the Texas Department of Health Services said in an update today. This is 22 more confirmed cases since an update ...

Opting against vaccines may uphold ideas of personal freedom, but it has doomed the county at the center of the Texas measles ...