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The ongoing Texas measles outbreak has rapidly grown to the largest the state has seen in decades, spreading through mostly ...

The federal agency that provides healthcare services to veterans stopped sending its patients to certain Central Virginia ...

“If a family has concerns, I urge them to please reach out to their child’s health care provider so they can talk with them and get the facts about measles and measles vaccination ...

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CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A measles outbreak continues to grow in Texas, as well as New Mexico. A measles outbreak in Texas ...

At least 58 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable ...

But I want to go to you, Calley, to respond. And also, you know, with this measles threat, isn't now a time to promote vaccines? Which, again, the CDC says safe, effective, that two doses are 90% ...

The Berks County coroner’s office is seeking relatives of an 82-year-old woman who died in a nursing care facility in Spring ...