An unvaccinated child died in late February in the state of Texas in the first US fatality from the highly contagious disease in a decade ...

As a measles outbreak in Texas has grown to nearly 150 cases, US Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in ...

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Dozens of children have contracted measles in Texas' largest outbreak in 33 years. Online, some are blaming vaccines for the disease’s spread.

The King County infant, diagnosed with measles after recent overseas travel, may have exposed others at several locations around the Puget Sound region, including Seattle Children's, Bellevue Square ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — As the state experiences below-recommended immunization rates against measles, medical experts are reminding parents that the best protection for children against the disease is ...

Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death — as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...

The measles outbreak in Texas has quickly grown to 146 cases. One child has died. NBC News answers readers' questions about ...