Twenty-five years ago, the World Health Organization and U.S. officials celebrated a WHO declaration that a highly successful vaccination program had officially eliminated measles
The person who tested positive for the measles virus visited several places in San Antonio between Feb. 14-16.
Lubbock Public Health has confirmed 1 case of measles in Lubbock County in an unvaccinated school aged child who was exposed at a medical facility.
"If the U.S. withdraws from the WHO, there is more of a chance of outbreaks of diseases like polio and measles," said Dr. Vidhya Prakash, associate dean of clinical affairs and population health and chief medical officer at SIU Medicine in Springfield.
A child who wasn't vaccinated has died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
As public health officials monitor a rise in U.S. measles cases, some may be wondering if they need a booster vaccine to protect themselves.
A child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
The World Health Organization has warned that its largest global laboratory network is on the brink of collapse unless new funding is secured to replace the support lost after President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw from the United Nations agency.
At least 124 people have been infected in the fast-spreading outbreak. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said "we have measles outbreaks every year."
The GVN urgently recommends the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine for unvaccinated children and adults to prevent avoidable and unnecessary
As of Feb. 20, there were a total of 93 measles cases reported in eight states: Alaska, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For comparison, 285 cases were reported in the U.S. in 2024.