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 ...

The news that an outbreak in Texas has caused the nation’s first confirmed measles death in a decade — an unvaccinated child ...

The deadly return measles highlights growing gaps in immunization coverage across the US and globally, raising concerns among ...

Measles was considered to be eliminted in the U.S. in 2000, thanks to vaccine developments. But vaccination rates have ...

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 10.3 million people were infected with measles and 107,500 died.

Symptoms can last for one to two weeks. On Friday, the state Health Department proactively sent a memo to Oklahoma clinicians asking them to consider measles among patients who present with a fever ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must lead on vaccination efforts, not continue to sow doubt about ...

New measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky with the one common factor being a lack of measles ...

Here's what to know about the measles and how to protect yourself. It's a respiratory disease caused by one of the world's ...

One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, the Texas Department of Health Services ...

Public health experts are questioning RFK Jr's comments after he said the Texas measles outbreak was "not unusual." ...