Measles is a highly infectious respiratory virus that causes a red rash. Other symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. Measles can lead to severe complications, including ...

In the early 1960s, American childhood was not what it is today. Many children spent hours playing unsupervised in the streets; they rode around in cars without seat belts, then came home to frozen ...

There are more than 900 confirmed measles cases in the United States, as of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent weekly count. It’s less than two months into the year, “and we ...

It’s inevitable now that the U.S. will suffer a historic loss in January 2026—the loss of measles elimination status that it had worked so hard to achieve in 2000. That’s because the total number of ...