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 measles outbreak in Texas has escalated sharply to 90 cases as health officials worry about the spread to more ...
As Texas continues to battle a growing measles outbreak largely among its unvaccinated children, six other states have ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 ...