When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children ...

Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, ...

On a typical busy day at the Seminole Family Medical Clinic in Seminole, Texas (population, 7386), Leila Myrick, MD, PhD — who’d moved to the rural town 5 years earlier after graduating from Emory ...

Measles is making a comeback in the Americas. The United States may soon have to return its gold medal status of measles elimination, a ranking bestowed by the World Health Organization that signals ...

A measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah shows no sign of slowing, putting the United States dangerously close to losing its elimination status for the vaccine-preventable disease. With holiday travel ...

In his first year as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an immediate impact on Texas with his Make America Healthy Again movement, inspiring bipartisan legislation that warns ...

A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez), File) (CN) — Twenty-five years after it was considered ...

The United States may be on track to lose its measles elimination status for the first time in 25 years as health officials confirm that two major U.S. outbreaks are linked to the same measles strain.

Near the back corner of the local library’s parking lot, largely out of view from the main road, the South Carolina Department of Public Health opened a pop-up clinic in early November, offering free ...

For the first time in more than 2 decades, the United States is poised to lose its measles elimination status, a designation indicating that outbreaks are rare and rapidly contained. KFF Health News — ...

As signs point to a more-severe-than-normal flu season this year, hospitals might see more congestion among patients and in physical capacity. Several variables are intensifying this outlook as a new ...