As measles outbreaks popped up across the U.S. this winter, pediatricians waited for the nation's public health agency to ...

Measles would normally be expected to have a fatality rate of about one to three deaths out of every 1,000 children infected, the CDC says, so the number of deaths this year suggests there may be far ...

A herd of African elephants instinctively formed an "alert circle" to protect the younger elephants at the San Diego Zoo ...

Daisy was the second child to die during the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. An unvaccinated 6-year-old girl from the Mennonite community ...

RFK Jr. claims the measles vaccine effectiveness wanes at a rate of nearly 5% a year, an assertion medical experts dispute.

The U.S. hadn’t seen a measles death in a decade until this year, but vaccine hesitancy has helped fuel spread of the highly ...

When the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., endorsed the measles vaccine this month after an outbreak in Texas claimed the life of a second child, his comments made waves because he ...

State health officials on Tuesday said the number of measles cases in the state linked to a West Texas outbreak has grown to 561 since January.

The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow, reaching 561 cases, according to new data published Tuesday.

D.C. health officials said they’re investigating a measles case at a Five Guys restaurant in Washington. According to a statement released Monday evening, officials said they were notified that a ...

A 1-year-old child with measles may have exposed others to the disease at a restaurant, grocery store, church and a college campus, Michigan officials say. The Ingham County Health Department ...

Pediatric infectious diseases experts stress the importance of vaccination against measles, one of the most contagious viruses, which is once more spreading in the United States. In the article ...