Summer travel raises fears that the highly infectious virus will spread. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family.

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

North Carolina saw its first case of measles. As outbreaks spread across the United States, Kevin Uretsky has a warning from two mothers who wouldn't wish their plight on anyone.

The first confirmed case of measles in at least 10 years in the Triad provides a sobering reminder of how quickly an infection might spread and how it could touch ...

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

Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that involves a distinct rash and a fever. It spreads through direct contact with droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising those planning to travel internationally to make sure they’re vaccinated against measles. The warning, issued last week, says ...

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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, only 88.1% of kindergartners in Florida were vaccinated against measles in the 2023-2024 school year. Herd immunity for measles requires a 95% ...

But while there may be a learning curve in terms of identifying measles, the pandemic offered helpful lessons about how to contain it and other infectious diseases, Dr. McCracken said.

The country's measles outbreak has surpassed 1,000 cases for the first time in 30 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the grim news on Friday.

The January outbreak is now the single largest since the United States managed to eradicate, or end the disease’s natural spread in the country, in 2000: Texas has reported 709 cases, New Mexico ...