Measles, also known as "Rubeola," is a serious airborne disease caused by a virus. According to the CDC, before a vaccine became available, nearly all kids got it by age 15. An estimated 48,000 ...

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Nearly a dozen new cases of measles have been reported this week to the Minnesota Department of Health, which includes one case involving a student at a Minneapolis school. According to the department ...

A child has died from measles complications years after being infected, California health officials said on Sept. 11. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released a statement ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A school-age child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare complication of measles after contracting the ...

The South Carolina Department of Health has confirmed that the recent measles cases in the Upstate are part of an ongoing outbreak affecting multiple people. The agency stated that, as of Oct. 1, ...

Nearly two months after a deadly, massive measles outbreak in Texas was declared over, the highly contagious disease continues to spread across the country. The U.S. has now confirmed 1,596 cases this ...

A South Carolina measles outbreak has grown to 16 cases, including five from schools with low vaccination rates, state health officials said Oct. 14. The South Carolina Department of Health first ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health this week reported the death of a school-aged child due to a rare complication occurring from a measles infection experienced as an infant. In a ...

A deadly measles outbreak in Texas ended in August, but outbreaks in other parts of the United States continue to add hundreds of new measles cases to this year’s record national total. There have ...

Health officials in South Carolina are warning that the highly infectious measles virus is spreading undetected in communities in the northern part of the state, specifically Spartanburg and ...