Texas public health officials estimated that a measles outbreak had likely spread to between 200-300 people, across five ...

Measles, one of the world’s most contagious infectious diseases, can cause serious complications – such as blindness, ...

The video above first aired on February 17. The number of cases has risen since this video aired. ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- ...

Measles is vaccine-preventable and was previously eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, meaning it was absent from the states for a period of longer than 12 months. The last major occurrence of ...

As a measles outbreak causes dozens of illnesses in West Texas, it’s important to know how to identify signs of the illness – especially in young children. Measles, one of the world’s most ...

Fennelly noted that measles is a “strongly immunosuppressive” virus, meaning it weakens the infected person’s immune system, and bacterial infections like bacterial pneumonia are a major ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes on its website that New York City has reported measles cases ... country in 2000 ("eliminated" meaning there is no measles spreading ...