In 1957, just six years before a vaccine was released, Sarah R. and her cousin were infected with measles at the same time. Sarah, who now lives in Oakland, California, eventually recovered without ...

Measles may seem like a disease of the past. Indeed, the highly contagious virus was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000 after a full year had passed without any infections. But times ...

A school-aged child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare but always fatal complication from a measles infection they acquired when they were an infant who was too young to be vaccinated. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. New Jersey health officials are asking ...

Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill on Monday called on vaccine manufacturers to develop separate shots for measles, mumps and rubella instead of the current vaccine, which combines the three. O’Neill ...