ANSWER: If you were born before 1957, you are likely (but not 100% sure) to be immune to measles (sometimes called red measles) and mumps. However, rubella (German measles) is a different disease, and ...

Data shows that the two-dose measles vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles and experts say protection doesn’t wane.

Dear S.F.: If you were born before 1957, you are likely (but not 100% sure) to be immune to measles (sometimes called red ...

I read a recent column of yours in which you said that everyone who is my age can assume we've had measles. I remember having ...

The United States is in the midst of the second-highest year of measles cases since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in this country, meaning that cases within the United States ...

FARGO — Fargo Cass Public Health will hold a walk-in clinic for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to a ...

Katherine Camagong, a bright young resident of California, recently experienced a dream come true, thanks to the generosity ...

As U.S. childhood vaccination rates sway on a “knife’s edge,” new 25-year projections reveal how slight changes in national ...

Three children have died in the most recent outbreak of measles. This article reviews the symptoms and treatment of measles.

Measles, rubella, polio and diphtheria—once ubiquitous, devastating and deeply feared—have been virtually eliminated from the ...

A 1-year-old boy from Ingham County who was thought to have had measles in April actually was not infected with the virus, health officials say.