The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is ...

There have been 1,227 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

The first measles vaccine was licensed in 1963 and became part of the combination measles, mumps, and rubella, or MMR, ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne. It is preventable through vaccines and has been considered ...

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...

The Luna County Detention Center, located in the southwest New Mexico city of Deming, houses about 400 incarcerated people ...

San Antonio's Metropolitan Health District previously said it would stop offering low-cost child immunizations July 5. Now they'll be available through summer's end.

The measles outbreak in West Texas is slowing down, according to new data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

"If you look at the number of places, unfortunately, there may be large numbers of people," State Epidemiologist Dr. Zack ...

Interim CDC leadership ran its first all-hands meeting, focusing on "myth-busting" and staffing, STAT reported.

There were no new measles outbreak cases to report in Texas in the last week, and the number of counties on the Texas active ...