Local public health officials are the front line for responding to any disease outbreak. Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, many say that the entrenched politicization of COVID-19 has ...

Oregon senators urge HHS Secretary Kennedy to act against measles outbreak following deaths in Texas and New Mexico. They ...

Three months into 2025, the United States has surpassed the total number of measles cases in the country for all of last year ...

Measles cases in the European region surged last year to reach their highest levels since 1997, the World Health Organization and the UN’s children agency, UNICEF, said Thursday. An analysis by WHO ...

The White House withdrew its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

A man has been charged with arson after an early morning fire at an apartment complex in the St. Johns neighborhood, according to Portland Fire & Rescue.

More than 250 measles cases have been reported by 12 states including Washington, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico were now up to more than 250 cases as of Wednesday. Two people ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon appeals court on Wednesday found that a gun control law approved by voters over two years ago is constitutional, reversing a lower court ruling from a state judge who had ...

U.S. Senators Wyden and Merkley have called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to curb the spread ...

Children under 5 are at the highest risk of serious measles complications, but the recent death involved an unvaccinated adult. This story was originally published on February 19, 2025.

The measles outbreak in West Texas is linked with cases in New Mexico, officials said Tuesday, as well as new cases reported in Oklahoma. This brings the total number of cases to 258 across three ...