The U.S. has seen at least 308 measles cases so far this year, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for ...

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Bacterial foodborne outbreaks in the U.S. increased while viral outbreaks declined between 2014 and 2022, with environmental ...

Mortality rates among US adults spiked from 2011 to 2019 and 2020 to 2023, remaining higher than expected based on prepandemic levels.

As measles outbreaks grow in Texas and New Mexico, experts say lessons from New York’s 2019 crisis could help shape a better ...

The CDC’s warning was provided in a Health Alert ... Texas died from the preventable viral disease—the first such U.S. death reported in a decade. The outbreak has also spread to neighboring ...

Who’s protected: Anyone who has previously had the measles or received the two-dose measles vaccine is considered protected ...

Texas health officials say they are seeing some severe cases with about 20 hospitalizations, some of those patients receiving ...

The WHO and CDC websites received unprecedented traffic as they became invaluable go-to sources for the most up-to-date resources on means of prevention, case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths.

Boston.com readers said the pandemic remains an ever-present threat to public health, despite much of society having moved on.

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico have together surpassed 200 cases, as evidence points to a potential link between the two. Texas state health officials reported on Feb. 26 what was the ...