The US is grappling with a severe measles outbreak, exceeding 1,300 cases across 39 states, jeopardizing its elimination ...

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

The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease ...

The resurgence of measles highlights the need to recognize early, nonspecific signs and rash across all populations.

Measles symptoms usually develop 10 to 12 days after exposure and can last 7 to 10 days, he said. Often identified by the rash the disease produces, measles can also lead to complications such as ...

While the measles vaccine is highly effective at preventing the disease, a very small portion — less than 1% — of infectious cases reported during the ongoing Texas outbreak have been among ...

About three dozen of the nearly 1,200 measles infections in 2025 have been in people with two measles vaccine doses, the CDC ...

Vitamin A does not prevent measles infection. More data are needed regarding the benefits of vitamin A in persons living in developed countries who have measles. ...

As U.S. measles infections spread, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a Fox Nation interview there could be some health benefits to getting the measles.

In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that measles was eliminated in the United States. The disease became rare after a successful vaccination campaign in the 1960s.

But that is different from a measles infection preventing those diseases later in life. “That’s really, really remote,” Mina said, adding that even in those cases, the benefit would never ...