Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

This review covers clinical presentations and complications of measles, current recommendations, and the epidemiologic background of measles. It also addresses the current debates on immunization and ...

Measles is among the most contagious viruses known to medicine and among the easiest to prevent. Two doses of a measles-containing vaccine provide durable immunity for most people and cost less than ...

Over the past five years, measles outbreaks have hit more than 100 countries. Canada lost its official measles elimination status on Nov. 10, 2025. The United States could be next. Eight-month-old ...

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 ...

At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then another.

Measles, one of the world’s most contagious diseases, was declared eliminated in the U.S. more than 25 years ago. However, measles cases have skyrocketed in the U.S. as vaccination rates continue to ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. The move comes as Kennedy has faced criticism during this year's record ...

South Carolina's measles outbreak continues to grow, with officials on Tuesday announcing an additional 88 cases in the state. There have been 646 cases of measles reported there since October, ...

A measles outbreak in Spartanburg County, South Carolina is the largest in the U.S. since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. South Carolina has reported 847 measles infections over a ...

Oregon has confirmed five measles cases so far this year — enough to meet the state’s definition of an outbreak based on linked infections. But state health officials said Thursday the virus is likely ...

The death of dozens of children from a fully preventable disease is a tragic paradox of modern medicine. In the spring of 2026, public health officials are scrambling to contain a massive global ...