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77% of Americans believe kids should be vaccinated against measles even if their parents object, poll shows
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference declaring a public health emerge…
Michelle Mark,Reuters  Â
The Americas just officially eliminated measles
Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that's still common in other parts of the world. The major…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
An Israeli flight attendant has reportedly been in a coma for 10 days after contracting measles
"We are starting to see a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases we thought we got rid of in th…
Mark Matousek  Â
Anti-vaccination ads on Facebook are targeting pregnant women, while a measles outbreak spreads across the country
A sponsored ad found by Quartz journalist Jeremy Merrill shows the anti-vaccination organization St…
Meira Gebel  Â
Officials fear a measles outbreak after a contagious patient went through a busy Chicago airport
The department urged people who develop symptoms of measles to call their healthcare provider befor…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…  Â
Bill Gates' warning to anti-vaxxers: People in rich countries will die because they aren't getting measles shots
Public health officials have been warning for months that this is the consequence if people choose …
Hilary Brueck  Â
With nearly 700 measles cases this year, the CDC is bracing for the disease to grab a 'foothold' on the US again - for the first time in decades
The measles virus is very contagious: it can live on surfaces for two hours outside the human body,…
Hilary Brueck  Â
There's a dangerous measles outbreak near Portland, Oregon, and it's all because people refuse to vaccinate their kids
This is exactly the kind of scenario public health experts have been warning about. In 2018 the Wor…
Hilary Brueck  Â
From autism risks to mercury poisoning, here are 10 lies anti-vaxxers are spreading about the measles vaccine in the Pacific Northwest
Opposition to vaccines is generally based on junk science that has been endorsed by celebrities lik…
Hilary Brueck  Â
There have already been more US measles cases in 2019 than any year since 1992, as the growing epidemic shows no sign of stopping
The virus can then survive on surfaces outside the body for up to two hours, which means that even …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock  Â
Measles cases have surged 300% this year, and the disease has killed more than 1,200 people on one island alone since October
"Measles is a very contagious disease," Robert Amler, dean of New York Medical College and a former…
Hilary Brueck  Â
Passengers on 4 Southwest flights may have been infected with measles - here's what the highly contagious virus does to your body
Prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, around 3 to 4 million people per year con…
Jeremy Berke  Â
A Modified Measles Virus Was Used In An Amazing Cancer Treatment - But Measles Doesn't Cure Cancer
These women weren't immune to the measles virus like most of us are. That's lucky because doctors b…
Kevin Loria  Â
Now 5 Chicago-area babies have measles
"It is not clear if these cases are linked to the previously confirmed case in suburban Cook County…
Lauren F Friedman,Reuters  Â
Here's how much more contagious measles is than Ebola
There's no specific treatment for measles, and while the disease typically runs its course over a t…
Erin Brodwin  Â
A Cluster Of Measles Cases Has Been Linked To Disneyland
While measles is still endemic in some countries, it was officially eradicated from the US in 2000.…
Lauren F Friedman  Â
After 20 Years, Measles Is Making An Alarming Comeback In The US
There will always be a small number of unvaccinated people, namely babies who are too young for the…
Lauren F Friedman  Â
A Massive Dose Of Measles Virus Wiped Out This Woman's Cancer
Stacy Erholtz didn't have many options to treat her blood cancer left when she agreed to being inje…
Gizmodo India  Â
Brooklyn Measles Outbreak Shows How Dangerous Anti-Vaxxers Can Be
McCarthy and other anti-vaxxers ignore the science behind vaccinations and endanger people's lives …