SEMINOLE, Texas — When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of this rural West Texas community to beware of vaccinating their children.

But startling research about the virus unfortunately tells a new and very different story, recasting what was previously ...

The first child in 10 years had died from the measles in Texas, and Arizona lacks the herd immunity to keep kids and ...

The widespread dissemination of groundless conspiracy theories is undercutting confidence in the safety and efficacy of ...

A recent measles outbreak in Texas has resulted in the first U.S. measles-related death in nearly ten years. The highly ...

Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades, as cases have jumped from two to 146 in just one month. A child is ...

A counterpoint to Kennedy’s dry nonchalance comes from Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center ...

The Pennsylvania case is one of 164 across nine states this year as of Thursday, according to the CDC’s most recent data.

Most of the recent confirmed measles cases in Texas have been in the South Plains region, but this patient was exposed to the disease while traveling overseas.

Measles is airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It most commonly affects kids.

Dozens of children have contracted measles in Texas' largest outbreak in 33 years. Online, some are blaming vaccines for the disease’s spread.