A hospital in Texas on Wednesday confirmed the death of an unvaccinated child who was infected with measles—the first ...
Measles is highly contagious. Without a vaccine, 9 out of 10 people exposed to measles will become infected, the CDC said. About 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children with measles will die, usually from ...
Before the measles vaccine, there were over 30 million cases of the disease worldwide each year.
As the number of people with measles mounts in multiple states, health officials in Utah are urging people to take precautions.
There are a lot of questions about how long the measles vaccine lasts and whether some should get a booster or be ...
The death, reported on Wednesday, was the first U.S. fatality from the highly contagious disease in a decade. Government data ...