The area of Short Creek, which bridges the Arizona-Utah border, has seen nearly 160 measles cases and counting.

Measles elimination status means a country has not experienced an uncontrollable spread of the virus for at least one year.

( The Texas Tribune) More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases have been reported in Texas so far this ...

DALLAS (AP) — The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in an outbreak that led this week to the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child, health officials said Friday. The number ...

According to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), part of the wider World Health Organization, Canada’s loss of its ...

Measles has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000. Doctors say vaccine hesitance is behind the rise in cases, and they say getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself.

But vaccination rates have since slipped below the 95% coverage rate needed to stop outbreaks. Large outbreaks in Venezuela and Brazil in 2018 and 2019 cost the region its elimination status. It was ...

The status change, driven by a persistent measles outbreak, brings a nearly 30-year public health victory to an end.

Texas health officials on Aug. 18 declared the end of a measles outbreak that had sickened more than 760 people across the state and killed two children. Doctors and public-health officials involved ...

The number of counties reporting positive cases of measles expanded to 11 over the weekend and comes as the number of cases in the state continue to grow, according the Kansas Department of Health and ...

Only one person has newly tested positive for measles in South Carolina this week, but an Upstate outbreak could continue to ...

Ethan Turner holds his 14-month-old son while he gets the MMR vaccine at a vaccine clinic in Lubbock, Texas on March 1, 2025. Credit - Jan Sonnenmair—Getty Images Texas health officials on Aug. 18 ...