More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas.

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated.

“We have measles outbreaks every year,” he added. Mr. Kennedy has also said in the past that immunizations against measles ...

Measles was confirmed Thursday in a King County infant, health officials said. An unvaccinated school-age child is dead and 18 people are hospitalized in Texas, where at least 124 people are infected ...

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While there are usually cases and even minor outbreaks reported yearly, the 2025 outbreak is on track to be the largest in ...

Measles cases are popping up across the United States, including an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.

Some educators could have received their measles shots during a five-year span when an ineffective version was given.

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the ...

Recent outbreaks of measles in the United States are driving up case counts and raising alarm among public health experts, especially as vaccination rates among children lag. The concern this ...