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

Dropping vaccination rates and changes in U.S. vaccine policy have public health experts concerned that annual measles outbreaks could become more frequent.

Experts also fear that additional vaccine-preventable diseases such as pertussis and Hib meningitis could follow the measles outbreak. Although it’s possible to cure measles sym ...

Already in 2025, the United States has reported more measles cases than in any full year since the early ‘90s, according to federal data. And that record-setting case count has been driven by a ...

Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages ...

Health officials in Colorado say the state’s measles outbreak is over, and the U.S. added just 10 confirmed cases nationally in the last week. Wednesday’s national case count stood at 1,319 ...

ATLANTA — The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six months to go in 2025.

And CDC data showed that only 92.7% of kindergarteners in the U.S. had the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the 2023-2024 school year, below the 95% needed to prevent outbreaks.

Well over half of the U.S.’s 1,288 confirmed measles cases this year have stemmed from Texas’ outbreak, which, according to state numbers, has so far led to more than 750 cases in the Lone ...