According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 10.3 million people were infected with measles in 2023 and 107,500 ...

The United States has experienced its first measles death in a decade, a concerning inflection point as the extremely ...

It might be surprising to learn that the disease is considered eliminated by U.S. health officials. In fact, it's been labeled that way since 2000. That's because for experts, there's a difference ...

Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease caused by a virus that primarily, and most severely, affects children. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it infects ...

Before the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, the virus would claim an estimated 2.6 million lives each year worldwide. In 2023, the World Health Organization estimated that there ...

Arizona is similarly at risk for measles because the state has several pockets of extremely low vaccination rates, including ...

Measles can cause seizures, blindness and death, and children under the age of 5 are particularly vulnerable to complications.

The World Health Organization has warned that its largest global laboratory network is on the brink of collapse unless new ...