The virus is contagious even without a rash, and pregnancy-related rubella can cause significant fetal harm, with a 20% chance of damage if contracted early in pregnancy. Rubella: Mild rash ...

Rubella is caused by a different virus than measles, and it is not as infectious or as severe as measles. A case of measles reported this week in Mexia, about 40 miles east of Waco, was a “false ...