Gabriel Benavidez, Ph.D., epidemiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Baylor University’s ...

According to the CDC, if you were born after 1957, one dose is considered sufficient to be considered protected from measles. Some adults may need a second dose. The CDC says adults who are going to ...

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham said the best protection against the measles is the vaccine as the outbreak expands in neighboring Texas.

It can spread rapidly in communities with low vaccination rates, and initially results in symptoms including a high fever, a ...

The new Health and Human Services secretary is facing one of his first public health crises. Will he blow up the typical ...

Thanks to successful vaccination campaigns, most Americans today have never experienced a measles outbreak. So when they see ...

Health experts say low vaccination rates are fueling outbreaks of the contagious disease that was considered to be eliminated ...

An outbreak of measles in the US is approaching 100 cases as it spreads into more heavily populated areas, predominantly ...

After a person visiting San Antonio from West Texas tested positive for measles the spread of the virus is a growing ...

A measles outbreak in Texas has reached San Antonio, with 90 cases reported, mostly in children. Vaccination remains crucial ...

Health officials are sounding the alarm as a measles outbreak that began in West Texas has escalated to 90 cases, with over ...

The deadly illness has sickened dozens of people in west Texas and New Mexico since late January. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed 90 cases of measles, including at least 77 ...