Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland.

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has increased to 159 -- an increase of 13 cases in the past ...

Measles is highly contagious and can spread from one person to nine out of 10 people close to them, according to the CDC, ...

Many doctors have never seen measles in person. The Texas outbreak is reshaping how health systems prepare for drops in vaccinations.

Pediatricians and public health experts said they’ve seen a surge in requests for “bonus” doses of measles immunization ...

The measles vaccine—which is technically the measles, mumps, and rubella or MMR vaccine—is usually administered during ...

The health secretary’s muted response to the first major disease outbreak on his watch worries even some allies.

A school-aged child has died in Texas following a measles outbreak, according to the CDC. Should South Dakota parents be ...

As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The reason that we don’t get hundreds of cases like we did way in the past, before vaccination, is because of vaccination.” ...

Measles is a disease that should be a relic of the past with vaccination. But now a child is dead from a disease that is entirely preventable.