The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The first shot is recommended for children between 12 and 15 months old and the second between 4 and 6 years old.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday sent federal disease experts to assist in the response to the ...

Summit County Public Health urges residents to get the MMR vaccine, as measles cases have risen in Texas and other states.

A measles case at Wayside Elementary prompts deep cleaning as health officials urge vaccination amid rising national cases.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is currently on the ground in Texas, collaborating with the local ...

Texas reported 13 new cases of measles Tuesday even as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a team of epidemiologists and doctors to help the state with the growing outbreak.

The number of measles cases in Gaines County, the epicenter of the outbreak, has grown to 107, nine more than the total reported four days prior.

Texas announced the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade last week amid an ongoing outbreak. Here's where measles has ...

Adults born before 1957 are assumed to have natural immunity because they were likely exposed to measles before the vaccine ...

While most people's symptoms improve, 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who catch measles will be hospitalized, 1 out of every 1,000 ...

Officials in Texas invited the federal agency to send experts in a rapid-response effort to help local agencies manage the measles outbreak.