A highly effective vaccine has long kept measles at bay in many parts of the world. But as childhood vaccination rates drop, leaving a growing population vulnerable to the extremely contagious virus, ...

Six months into the year, 2026 is on track to set the record for the highest number of measles cases recorded in the United States since the highly contagious disease was eliminated from the country ...

Surveillance through early June 2026 documents 2,030 confirmed measles cases in 40 states, positioning the US for a potential year-over-year doubling. Outbreak dynamics dominate transmission, with 93% ...

A measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is administered to a 1-year-old in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/AP) The number of measles cases recorded in the United States this year has surpassed 2,000. Last year, ...

There can be too much of a good thing, and that has been the case with Vitamin A in the U.S.. A recent study in JAMA Network Open has found that between January and March 2025, America's Poison ...

Many of those who can’t be vaccinated, including pregnant women and immunocompromised people, are also at high risk of serious complications. By Teddy Rosenbluth A measles outbreak in Utah has ...

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An emergency measles vaccination campaign has been launched to protect more than 1.2 million children who remain at risk from "critical immunity gaps" Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE.

The death of dozens of children from a fully preventable disease is a tragic paradox of modern medicine. In the spring of 2026, public health officials are scrambling to contain a massive global ...

While South Carolina appears to be getting its measles outbreak under control, a new U.S. hotspot has popped up: Utah. A cross-border outbreak between Utah and Arizona has persisted since last summer, ...

Florida has reported 132 measles cases this year, with a significant outbreak in Collier County. The state has the third-highest rate of measles cases in the nation for 2026. Measles is a highly ...