I read a recent column of yours in which you said that everyone my age can assume we’ve had measles. I remember having measles in the second grade but have a vague memory of my ...

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Rubella is a virus that is very dangerous to the developing baby in pregnant women. If a woman gets rubella while she is pregnant, she could have a miscarriage or her baby may be born with serious ...

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Letter: Measles, mumps and rubella should not be given the opportunity to spread and infect, particularly innocent children and pregnant women.

A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. As the measles outbreak in Texas spreads , attention is turning to what is commonly called the MMR vaccine.

FILE - Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas ...

The agency recommends that all international travelers, including infants 6 to 11 months old, get the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine if they do not have proof of immunity, because it ...

The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is the best way to prevent a measles infection, according to the CDC. The MMR vaccine is safe and provides long-term protection.

"We eliminated measles by 2000 and rubella by 2005, but we've never eliminated mumps," Paul Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told MedPage Today. "So it's true that it's not ...

That strain has been used since, but was combined with mumps and rubella in 1971. Before the vaccine , nearly everyone got measles before the age of 15, and each year, about 400 to 500 people died ...

If you were born before 1957, you are likely (but not 100% sure) to be immune to measles (sometimes called red measles) and mumps. However, rubella (German measles) is a different disease, and ...