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 ...

“Measles is only one plane flight, one boat ride away from New Zealand, so are we concerned? Yes, we are very concerned,” ...

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 ...

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.

Whooping cough is spread through respiratory droplets from an infected person and is mitigated by vaccination, which was first introduced in the 1940s. The modern DTaP vaccine aids in protection ...

Several states are reporting cases of measles, a highly contagious viral disease. Both children and adults can get measles.

The measles outbreak in western Texas continues to grow, with 561 confirmed cases, according to new data published Tuesday. Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals ...

During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed what is now the ...

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 ...