As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, a new analysis finds that nearly a third of young ...

Not enough children are meeting routine immunization requirements, doctors and public health experts say, which increases the risk of an outbreak should they get exposed to a highly contagious illness ...

Declining vaccination rates are leaving communities vulnerable to the spread of debilitating, preventable diseases like ...

Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported. The U.S. could be closer than expected ...

Parents are asked to report any updates to their child’s vaccination record to their school to ensure that the school’s ...

Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent measles, which is highly contagious and was once declared eradicated.

The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...

Harris County has reported its first case of measles since 2019, according to health officials. On Thursday, Harris County Public Health shared it is investigating a measles case involving a child ...

To prevent the risk of a measles outbreak in Hawaii, the Hawaii Department of Health aims to provide more information about ...

Texas has reached 422 cases of measles in an outbreak that started two months ago. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and ...

Local public health officials said overall measles vaccination rates in the Berkshires are high enough to keep children ...

“What we call the community immunity or herd immunity threshold for measles is about 95 percent. So statewide we are falling ...