The first sign came when Deepanwita Dasgupta was 5 and started stumbling more while playing at her home in Bangalore in southern India. The girl was always up to something, so her parents figured ...

A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates. The child, who was too young to ...

When Sarah Walton caught measles at nursery at just 11 months old, she was too young to get the vaccine that could have protected her from the life-threatening vrius. She recovered well and didn’t ...

The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached 876 cases on Feb. 3, 2026. That number surpasses the 2025 outbreak in Texas and hits the unfortunate milestone of being the largest outbreak in the U.S.

In just the last week, Oregon has issued measles exposure alerts at four Portland-area locations, including an emergency department waiting room, a grocery store and two restaurants. The Oregon Health ...

So far this year, 1,814 measles cases have been confirmed nationwide — including 48 in California. That national count is fast approaching the 2,288 cases in all of last year.

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The first sign came when Deepanwita Dasgupta was 5 and started stumbling more while playing at her home in ...