Harris County Public Health’s Dr. Ericka Brown says vaccines are the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles. The rate of kindergarteners receiving the MMR vaccine has dipped since the ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

As a measles outbreak sweeps through Texas, anti-vaccine groups are pushing a familiar and false theory: The virus is being ...

Nine of the state's counties have now reported cases, though most infections are from the Gaines County epicenter.

As Texas faces the worst measles outbreak in decades, disease specialists urge adults to check their immunization history.

"I've never seen it this close, ever. I know that we've had a few outbreaks in years past but as far as right here, making national news, that is shocking," said one mayor.

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 124 cases across nine counties. The state health department said ...

Now 124 people infected in West Texas, nine more in New Mexico and outbreak 'still has a lot of energy and steam behind it.' ...

The outbreak is primarily affecting West Texas, but cases have recently spread to San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos, ...

According to the CDC, measles can cause serious complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, and even death in young ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing eminent human and animal virologists from 80+ Centers of Excellence and ...

(CNN) — The number of confirmed measles cases reported in an outbreak in West Texas is now at 124, the Texas Department of Health Services said in an update Tuesday, an increase of 34 since late last ...