"We would absolutely not take the MMR," the mother said through a translator of Low German. "The measles wasn't that bad, and they got over it pretty quickly," she added, speaking of her four ...

Amid rising measles cases, doctors and health officials are urging anyone who hasn't received the MMR vaccine​ to get vaccinated.

Measles is one of the most challenging diseases to control. It requires a sustained uptake of well over 90% of two doses of a ...

Vaccine uptake is currently too low to prevent outbreaks of measles – a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus.

One of the key sources of information about measles for Mennonites in Texas comes from Steinbach. That’s where Die Mennonitische Post, a German-language newspaper, is published 21 times a year.

“I remember learning about measles, German measles, all these things,” said Dr. Seth Coombs, a doctor at the Lovington Medical Clinic in New Mexico who saw his first measles case this year.

Minnesota health officials are keeping a close eye on measles cases after an outbreak last year. Minnesota's second case of the year was reported last week. Frankie McLister spoke with health ...

Much of the outbreak is concentrated in the districts of Texas House leaders, including Speaker Dustin Burrows. The crisis ...

attenuated measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles) virus,” Cutler explained. However, even in such cases, the decision whether or not to receive a vaccine is not clear-cut—it all comes ...

Most of the top-performing posts analysed were found to contain misinformation, according to social media researchers.

Mr Holbrooks remembers when the Low German Mennonite group began migrating ... has not been vaccinated against measles - or anything else. Like many in Seminole, Jessica Giesbrecht (left) and ...

Low-German-speaking Mennonites in southern Ontario generally drive cars and trucks. The first-hand experience of seeing children recover from the measles, as most do, has reinforced the idea among ...