Your Local Epidemiologist New York explains the latest on New York public health, including a measles outbreak in nearby ...

“We have measles outbreaks every year,” he added. Mr. Kennedy has also said in the past that immunizations against measles ...

A measles alert was issued by the New Jersey Department of Health amid three cases of the highly-contagious virus in Bergen ...

Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was considered eliminated in the US in 2000. Yet the highly ...

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the ...

The New York State Department of Health has issued a Health Advisory as the number of measles cases and hospitalizations rise ...

Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald emphasized measles’ severe risks, including immune system suppression, and encouraged ...

Health officials aim to improve public understanding of the importance of measles vaccinations and, for some, potentially the need for a booster shot.

In New Jersey, a measles patient who recently traveled abroad had close contact with two other people who were later ...

Health experts say low vaccination rates are fueling outbreaks of the contagious disease that was considered to be eliminated ...

The spread of measles in New Jersey comes as 124 people have been infected by the disease in Texas, where one child died.