In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases known to science – more contagious than Ebola, smallpox or COVID-19. Declining vaccination rates over the past few years, plus a recent ...

In essence, measles acts like an infection amplifier, turning up the volume of background disease. This means that in resource-limited areas, the virus will cause higher overall death rates.

Measles outbreak: ‘People should be worried,' expert says—what to know about the disease, vaccine and how to stay healthy By Renée Onque, CNBC • Published March 4, 2025 • Updated on March ...