NPR's Scott Simon asks Dr. Carlos del Rio of Emory University about the cases of measles in the country and what Americans should know about the disease.

The current measles vaccine was developed in 1968 after the original was created in 1963. It is the only measles vaccine used in the U.S. It is usually combined with mumps and rubella (MMR) or mumps, ...

The U.S. has recorded more than 300 cases of measles in just the first three months of this year, according to data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the ...

Measles was considered eradicated in 2000, but low vaccination rates have let it to return and threaten children and families ...

Two-dose measles vaccination coverage has fallen by 3.7% globally since 2019, leaving most WHO regions off track to meet ...

The individual—whose name, age, and sex were not released by local authorities—is the second person to die from the virus ...

Although Washington state has just a single case of measles so far this year, concern is spreading that more people could ...

NEW YORK — Measles ... but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas. This week, an unvaccinated child died in the West ...

Measles cases in Texas have climbed to 146 since the start of the outbreak in Gaines County in late January, along with the death of one child. The Texas Department of State Health Services ...