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North Dakota Becomes the Latest State to Report Measles Outbreak

THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 – North Dakota is the latest state to find itself dealing with a measles outbreak, becoming the 11th state in the nation to face the challenge, the Associated Press is...

CDC Provides Update on Measles Outbreak in the United States

TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Eight hundred cases of measles were reported in the United States as of April 17, 2025, representing the second highest annual case count in 25 years, according to research...

CDC Cancels Measles Help for Texas Schools Amid Staff Layoffs

MONDAY, April 21, 2025 — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has canceled its plans to help Texas schools stop the rapid spread of measles.  The decision came after some CDC st...

CDC Urges Extra Measles Shot for Some U.S. Travelers Amid Outbreak

FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends extra measles protection for people traveling to areas with active outbreaks in the United States,...

RFK Jr. Touts Vaccine While at Funeral of Texas Girl Who Died of Measles

MONDAY, April 7, 2025 – The death of a second child in a fast-growing U.S. measles outbreak brought the nation's top health official to Texas this weekend. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary...

Experts Concerned as NIH Axes Critical Vaccine Study Funds

TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 – Hundreds of U.S. research projects aimed at boosting vaccine confidence have been shut down – just as preventable diseases like measles and flu are on the rise. Since Jan....

Local Outbreaks Can Motivate The Vaccine-Hesitant, Poll Finds

MONDAY, March 31, 2025 – COVID-19 and influenza burned through the U.S. during this year’s cold and flu season, and deadly measles outbreaks have sickened people in 19 states. So what does it take t...

Measles Outbreak Leads to Dangerous Vitamin A Toxicity

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 – As a measles outbreak spreads across U.S., doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: Children getting sick from taking too much vitamin A. At Covenant Children’s H...

Kennedy Orders Takedown of Fake CDC Vaccine Web Page

MONDAY, March 24, 2025 – A fake web page designed to look like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine safety site has been taken down on orders from health secretary...

Oklahoma Now Reporting Measles Cases Related to Texas/New Mexico Outbreak

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025 – As the number of cases in the Texas measles outbreak continues to climb, Oklahoma is now reporting four cases, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health....

Second Death From Measles Reported in Unvaccinated Adult in New Mexico

FRIDAY, March 7, 2025 – Amid the current outbreak of measles centered in counties along the Texas/New Mexico border, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is reporting the death of an...

CDC Sends Experts to Texas as Measles Outbreak Grows

WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 – A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and now the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent a team to help local health officials...

Number of Measles Cases Now 58 in West Texas Outbreak

THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 – New numbers have been released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in an update on the measles outbreak in Gaines County and the surrounding...

Number Infected Now 24 in Texas County Measles Outbreak

THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 – New numbers have been released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in an update on the measles outbreak in Gaines County: 22 children and two adults...

Parental Sociodemographics Linked to Child MMR Vaccine Uptake

MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – Parental sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 vaccination status are associated with measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination rates in the United States, according to...

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