Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known to humans. Just one infected patient can spread measles to up to nine out of 10 susceptible close contacts, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The measles outbreak in Texas has quickly grown to 146 cases. One child has died. NBC News answers readers' questions about the disease, vaccines and government response.

The Texas outbreak began in a small Mennonite community near Lubbock, home to 260,000, and has since spread. To date, there ...

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The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 146 cases with most infections reported among children and teenagers, according to ...

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 ...

DALLAS (AP) — The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in an outbreak that led this week to the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child, health officials said Friday.

I recognize the serious impact of this outbreak on families, children, and healthcare workers,” Kennedy wrote on X Friday ...

Most of the recent confirmed measles cases in Texas have been in the South Plains region, but this patient was exposed to the disease while traveling overseas.

Before the invention of vaccination, which helped eliminate the disease in the US, almost everyone in childhood got measles.

The death, reported on Wednesday, was the first U.S. fatality from the highly contagious disease in a decade. Government data ...