I've watched with growing dread as measles surged this winter in South Carolina and spread into North Carolina, reaching my county, where we now have the highest infection numbers in the state.

In the cross-sectional survey of nearly 3,000 US adults led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, 17% of respondents ...

The measles outbreak in South Carolina — the largest the United States has had in decades — has ended, state health officials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Carolina is in the midst of the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in 25 years, propelled a decline in vaccination rates ...

News came Feb. 25 that five of six Columbus children currently sick as part of a measles outbreak are unvaccinated. The sixth kid had received one of the two recommended doses of the MMR vaccine for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Linda Bell, the state epidemiologist, gives senators a briefing on the state measles outbreak during a committee meeting in ...

Every year, vaccines prevent between 3.5 million and 5 million deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

In the past eight months, measles cases in Florida have outstripped the combined total of the previous 16 years.

While MMR vaccination is not routinely recommended for children younger than the age of 12 months, MMR vaccination can be safely given to children as young as 6 months if they are at higher risk. Any ...

WASHINGTON — Dr. Mehmet Oz wants Americans who have not gotten a vaccine against measles to do so, as cases are spreading and have been found in all but six states. "Take the vaccine, please," said Oz ...

The California Department of Public Health is urging everyone who qualifies to get an updated measles vaccine following a a resurgence of cases across the nation and globe. Vaccination rates for ...