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Public Health officials in Central Texas have detected traces of a highly contagious disease in Austin-Travis County ...

Faced with a skeptical religious community at the center of the outbreak, health officials say they may have pushed too hard ...

Measles is a disease caused by the virus Morbillivirus hominis. It’s an RNA virus in the family Paramyxoviridae—meaning it’s ...

A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to outbreaks of other ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has declared this spring’s measles outbreak officially ended and is promoting action ...

Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the effectiveness of the long-used vaccine and instead promoted the development of new treatments ...

Health experts believe vaccine is the best bet, but some can't get the vaccine. How can anti-vaxxers avoid measles during an outbreak?

The U.S. grapples with its largest measles outbreak in over 30 years, putting its disease elimination status at risk if virus ...

Lubbock County in Texas has been free of measles cases for more than 50 days. But Katherine Wells, director of the Lubbock Health Department, is staying vigilant.

The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid ...