Blindness, pneumonia, severe diarrhea and even death—measles virus infections, especially in children, can have devastating ...

There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a ...

Texas' largest measles outbreak in decades has subsided, but the state could see another in the future unless vaccination ...

Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high ...

Deaths from measles increased by 43% globally in 2022 compared to the year before, resulting from an 18% increase in measles cases, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

New Jersey residents are at a greater risk for measles now that the state no longer has herd immunity. Public health experts ...

Measles cases worldwide rose 18 percent and deaths increased by more than 40 percent from 2021 to 2022 as countries struggled to get routine vaccinations back on track after the pandemic ...

Measles deaths used to be common in the United States and they still are in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization estimated that in 2023 — the most recent year for which it has ...

Measles deaths worldwide swelled to their highest level in 23 years last year, according to a report released Thursday, a stunning rise for a vaccine-preventable disease and one that public health ...

Three measles-related deaths have occurred, including two unvaccinated children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico. The outbreak has spread to other states, including Kansas, Ohio, and Oklahoma.

Measles rises globally amid vaccination crash; WHO and CDC sound the alarm From 2021 to 2022, measles deaths increased 43 percent. Beth Mole – Nov 17, 2023 12:29 pm | 76 ...

As the number of measles cases continued to soar, more than 140,000 people across the globe died from measles last year, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...