The death, reported on Wednesday, was the first U.S. fatality from the highly contagious disease in a decade. Government data ...

Public health experts said that although it’s true we have measles cases in the U.S. every year, the latest outbreak is ...

The child who died in the outbreak is the first U.S. death from the highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease since 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the current measles outbreak ...

King County has recorded Washington state's first measles case of the year. Measles is extremely contagious for those who ...

Kennedy Jr. said ending the measles outbreak in Texas is a top priority for him and listed the steps his agency had taken to ...

Orbán is a consistent backer of the Kremlin and has been outspokenly antagonistic against neighboring Ukraine. After winning ...

Kennedy’s comments came at the start of Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, when the president was fielding media questions and got one about the outbreak. Trump passed it on to Kennedy, who as HHS ...

As the Texas measles outbreak grows and HHS head RFK Jr. puts vaccines under new scrutiny, two experts answer questions about the public health tool.

Measles is highly contagious. Without a vaccine, 9 out of 10 people exposed to measles will become infected, the CDC said. About 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children with measles will die, usually from ...