Other U.S. states with active outbreaks — which the CDC defines as three or more related cases — include Arizona, Colorado, ...

A CDC representative told the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that measles cases have hit a 'plateau' in the U.S ...

After Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, Kentucky has not joined the list of US states to declare a measles outbreak, which as ...

There has been nationwide total of 1,267 confirmed cases of measles this year, with Kentucky being the latest state to ...

The state noted a 15- to 19-year-old contracted the highly contagious disease. It was unknown if they contracted it outside the state or was related to the earlier case.

KENTUCKY (AP) — Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just short of a 30-year high.

These days, the typical recommendation is that children receive two doses of the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. A variation of the vaccine also protects against varicella, commonly called ...

Measles is highly contagious among those who are unvaccinated; outbreaks can have severe health consequences in children ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne. It is preventable through vaccines and has been considered ...

The U.S. is about to break a record for the number of reported measles cases in a year since the infection was considered ...

There have been 1,214 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.