From autumn 2023 to summer 2024, England experienced the biggest outbreak of measles since 2012. Since the peak last year ...

Measles is the most contagious disease that we know. It spreads with unbelievable efficiency, in a nonimmune or a partially immune population,” says Dr. Adam Ratner, pediatric infectious disease ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) entire vaccine board even as childhood vaccination rates drop is ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes ...

Measles, once declared eliminated in the U.S., has seen a resurgence, with recent cases linked to travelers passing through U.S. airports.

By Tim Henderson Stateline As super-contagious measles continues to spread and nears a six-year U.S. record, cases in its ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Texas officials have notified local public health departments to brace for another $119 million in federal cuts at the end of ...

The new appointees include Vicky Pebsworth, a regional director for the National Association of Catholic Nurses, who has been ...

The state’s public health department urges anyone who may have been exposed or who is experiencing symptoms to contact their healthcare provider immediately.

The U.S. has seen a measles outbreak this year with 1,168 confirmed cases in 34 different states and three deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control. There have been two confirmed cases in ...