But even as the outbreak slows, a bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would make it ...

Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades. It has sickened more than 700 people in the ...

For years, Americans thought diseases like measles and polio were shadows from the past. Measles was declared eliminated 25 ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of May 22, 2025, there have been 1,046 confirmed measles ...

"We are seeing the proliferation of vaccine hesitancy, with a pronounced partisan split," a health expert told Newsweek.

The “Make America Healthy Again” report calls for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule, a review of the ...

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine are ...

The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The first shot is recommended for ...

“Measles is probably one of the most contagious viruses that we know. And so you have to have vaccine coverage rates of above 95% in the community for it not to spread,” explained Dr. Besser.

One dose of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, which most people receive as children, is sufficient for most adults. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are about 97 percent effective at preventing measles ...