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.

Opting against vaccines may uphold ideas of personal freedom, but it has doomed the county at the center of the Texas measles ...

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 ...

“Measles is preventable and the way to end this outbreak is to ensure that all children and adults who can get vaccinated, do ...

A measles alert was issued by the New Jersey Department of Health amid three cases of the highly-contagious virus in Bergen ...

(HealthDay News) — Lea County, New Mexico, is now reporting an outbreak of measles, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH). Lea County is near Gaines County, Texas, where measles ...