More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas.

Los Angeles County has its first confirmed case of the measles amid a growing number of cases in the United States.

The New York State Department of Health issued a health advisory Wednesday following the first U.S. measles-related death in nearly a decade.While New York has ...

“We have measles outbreaks every year,” he added. Mr. Kennedy has also said in the past that immunizations against measles ...

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the ...

N ews of measles cropping up and circulating again can be unnerving for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which being that ...

Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was considered eliminated in the US in 2000. Yet the highly ...

The illness, classified as a "serious" respiratory illness, is best known for causing fever and a telltale rash.

This is not usual,” one doctor said. "Any death of a child is one death too many, especially when it comes to vaccine preventable illnesses,” said another. Meanwhile, as cases crop up in Kentucky and ...

In the waning days of the Biden administration, the Labor Department added ovarian, uterine, cervical, and breast cancer coverage for wildland firefighters. It’s unclear whether the new protections ...

Health officials aim to improve public understanding of the importance of measles vaccinations and, for some, potentially the need for a booster shot.

New Jersey has three confirmed cases of measles, a highly contagious respiratory virus sparking some concerning outbreaks across the country, according to the state health department. According to ...