Measles is a disease caused by the virus Morbillivirus hominis. It’s an RNA virus in the family Paramyxoviridae—meaning it’s ...

A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to outbreaks of other ...

Last week, I explained why it matters if the United States were to lose its status of having eliminated measles. That ...

As the spread of measles begins to wind down in Ontario, health officials confirm there have been four cases in Ottawa. As ...

The U.S. grapples with its largest measles outbreak in over 30 years, putting its disease elimination status at risk if virus ...

The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid ...

Losing the status is a far bigger deal than most people likely know, and getting it back is no fast or easy feat.

Since the beginning of the year, the U.S. has had 1,299 confirmed measles cases as of July 11, the largest annual total in 33 years, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University International ...

There have been 1,277 confirmed cases of measles this year, which has eclipsed 2019 to become the highest annual total since ...

Measles, one of the world’s most contagious diseases, was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, due to widespread use of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine.

Already in 2025, the United States has reported more measles cases than in any full year since the early '90s, according to ...