An insidious but lesser-known consequence of even a mild measles infection is that it kills the very cells that remember ...

Much of the outbreak is concentrated in the districts of Texas House leaders, including Speaker Dustin Burrows. The crisis ...

Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean ...

A large measles outbreak that spread through parts of New York State for nearly 12 months nearly cost the country its ...

Kennedy has previously linked the MMR vaccine to autism. But during a CBS interview on Tuesday, Kennedy said that he was all ...

The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...

I've long said that the antivax movement is borderline eugenicist (or at least social Darwinist) in nature. Now that a second child has died of measles, it's time for me to take a look at the "soft eu ...

Texas health officials say vaccinations should start in younger children in five additional counties following the second death of an unvaccinated child.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas for the second time this year, as an ongoing ...

A serious complication of measles is acute encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, which can result in permanent brain ...

Measles, known for its characteristic red rash, is one of the most contagious viruses on the planet, with an R number of 12 to 18 — meaning one infected person can spread it to up to 18 others ...

Measles is a highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated from the U.S. by the World Health Organization 25 years ...