Getting measles doesn’t confer benefits on the immune system — in fact, it’s just the opposite. Even a mild case of measles destroys the memory cells that confer resistance on bugs the ...

Even a single shot of the MMR vaccine provides substantial protection against measles, but two doses are standard. © SamaraHeisz5 via Shutterstock Measles has been ...

Measles cases are increasing in the U.S. and abroad, with unvaccinated individuals making up the majority of cases. The CDC recommends travelers be fully vaccinated with the MMR vaccine at least ...

Texas’ ongoing measles outbreak is now past 480 confirmed cases. There are also additional confirmed cases in New Mexico and Oklahoma. Late Friday, Tarrant County warned about a possible measles ...

The measles outbreak that started in Texas in late January continues to grow. As of March 27, 2025, confirmed cases across the United States reached 483, surpassing the total number of confirmed ...

Dr. Mina is an epidemiologist and immunologist who has studied measles. We used to think of measles outbreaks in the United States as isolated events: short-lived and confined to close-knit ...

19 states, including Texas, New York, California, and Florida, have confirmed measles cases. There are 70% more cases in 2025 so far than in all of 2024. The majority of measles cases are in ...

Michigan has confirmed its second measles case of 2025 in an adult in Kent County. The health department said the infected adult had recently traveled abroad before returning to the U.S. and ...

With measles becoming a growing threat nationwide, federal health officials continue to encourage parents to vaccinate their children to avoid becoming infected by the highly contagious virus.

As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, with at least 569 reported cases in multiple states, a new analysis finds that nearly a third of young children who were ...

The U.S. now has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024, with Texas reporting another large jump in cases and hospitalizations on Friday. Other states with active ...