The U.S. declared measles eliminated in 2000 "thanks to a very high percentage of people receiving the safe and effective ...
The best protection against measles is vaccination against the virus. But a record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for required vaccinations last school year, leaving more than 125,000 ...
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease caused by a virus that primarily, and most severely, affects children. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it infects the ...
Also called rubeola, measles is caused by the measles virus, a member of the morbillivirus family of viruses. Other pathogens in this group include canine distemper virus, which infects dogs ...