Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 ...

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died. The virus is ...

When the US introduced the measles vaccine in 1963, we were experiencing hundreds of thousands of cases and about 500 deaths ...

"Measles is really the most contagious illness that we know of," one expert said, which is why vaccinations are so important.

Measles outbreaks − including recent occurrences in New Mexico, Florida, Ohio and New York − happen all too often. It does not need to be this way.

Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who ...

A measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health ...

But in his new opinion piece about the ongoing measles outbreak, published March 2 in Fox News, Kennedy wrote that vaccines ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said vaccination is a personal decision that can protect ...

Officials continue to keep a close eye on measles cases across the U.S., now less than a week after Kentucky recorded its ...

The standard public health approach in a measles outbreak is a full-throated appeal for vaccinations. RFK Jr. is working from ...

Kennedy Jr. at campaign event in November 2023. [AP Photo/Meg Kinnard] The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas, which ...