CDC staff received an email this week telling them to avoid using more than a dozen terms or words -- including "health ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 ...

“Measles is a highly contagious respiratory illness, which can cause life-threatening illness to anyone who is not protected ...

Officials say an unvaccinated child has died from measles amid a worsening outbreak in West Texas. According to the CDC, this is the first child in the United States to die from the disease in more ...

The New Jersey Department of Health confirmed an initial measles case on Feb. 14 in an unvaccinated individual, and by Feb.

Yahoo News answers some of the most frequently asked questions about measles amid the Texas and New Mexico outbreaks.

According to the CDC, if you were born after 1957, one dose is considered sufficient to be considered protected from measles.

Texas state health officials have reported the death of a child from measles, the first death in an ongoing two-state ...

The first death in an ongoing measles outbreak has been reported in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services announced the death of a school-aged child on Wednesday morning. The child, who ...

One of the first written accounts of measles was published by a Persian doctor in the 9th century, according to the CDC. In ...

As a measles outbreak causes dozens of illnesses in West Texas, it’s important to know how to identify signs of the illness – especially in young children. Measles, one of the world’s most contagious ...

Representative Kim Schrier, a Washington Congresswoman and former pediatrician, said the measles outbreak in Texas could have been avoided.