Medical News Today speaks to experts to fact-check some claims about measles and the MMR vaccine, namely U.S. Health ...

For every semi-endorsement of vaccines, the Health and Human Services secretary seems to add several more nonsensical ...

The U.S. faces a growing measles crisis with 607 cases across 23 states and two deaths. Learn about potential exposure sites ...

When the nation’s top health official endorsed the measles vaccine, his comments made waves because he has spent 20 years making false claims that vaccines are unsafe.

RFK Jr. boasted his response to a measles outbreak should be seen as a “model for the rest of the world.” That’s ridiculous.

A serious complication of measles is acute encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, which can result in permanent brain damage in one of every 1,000 cases. In the U.S., death from neurologic or ...

The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...

An insidious but lesser-known consequence of even a mild measles infection is that it kills the very cells that remember which pathogens the patient has previously fought and how those battles were ...

A large measles outbreak that spread through parts of New York State for nearly 12 months nearly cost the country its ...

Kennedy Jr. claimed in a televised Cabinet meeting Thursday that measles cases were plateauing nationally, but the virus continues to spread mostly in people who are unvaccinated and the U.S ...

Wake County Public Health is urging families to make sure everyone -- young and old -- has been vaccinated to protect against this highly contagious and potentially serious disease.

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. The U.S. health secretary was in West ...