Measles is not often seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas.

A recent outbreak of measles is prompting questions about the life-threatening disease and how to prevent it. Here's what to know.

The good news is that existing vaccines also prevent this process. By blocking the virus from infecting the immune system in the first place, it also preserves immunity to other diseases. A single dose of vaccine is 93% effective at preventing measles, while two doses offer 97% protection.

Two people have died from measles as the U.S. faces multiple outbreaks of the highly contagious virus. Can you get measles if you're vaccinated? Experts explain.

A measles outbreak in the southwestern US has killed two people and infected more than 200, prompting a top health agency to issue a travel warning.

In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil,

In 2000, 287 years later, measles was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization due to the success of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine. Just 25 years later we have an outbreak of measles in this country directly related to rampant misinformation and a decrease in vaccination rates.

Vaccination provides long-lasting 97% protection against measles infection. Most people who have been vaccinated do not need to be vaccinated again.

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Most kids will recover from the measles if they get it, but infection can lead to dangerous complications like pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and death. The outbreak is largely spreading in the Mennonite community in an area where small towns are ...

The measles can also result in pneumonia − about 1 in every 20 children with measles get pneumonia − or encephalitis (swelling of the brain). About 1 child in every 1,000 who gets measles develops encephalitis, which can result in leaving a child deaf ...

As the country deals with rising measles cases, health experts say the best way to protect yourself is to be vaccinated.