Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...

The number of measles cases in Texas has grown to 90 with two more West Texas counties reporting infections, according to the ...

Over 30 years, pediatrician Debbie Greenhouse has seen the worst of what infectious diseases can do but never seen a child ...

It's not confirmed that measles parties are to blame for the outbreak in West Texas. But they are as dangerous as they sound.

Varicella, known as chickenpox, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), with an estimated 84 million cases annually. It primarily affects children, for most of whom it is a self-limiting ...

Univalent varicella or MMRV vaccine is recommended for routine immunization of healthy children aged 12 months to less than 13 years of age. Univalent varicella vaccine is recommended for susceptible ...

At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.

It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been virtually ... That includes vaccines for measles, chickenpox and polio. "I started doing research, and I saw that a lot of doctors were just ...

Texas health department has said that most of the measles cases have been reported in people who are unvaccinated or whose ...

At least 58 cases of measles have been reported in West Texas within the last three weeks — marking the largest outbreak in ...