Measles is a disease caused by the virus Morbillivirus hominis. It’s an RNA virus in the family Paramyxoviridae—meaning it’s ...

Of the 1,288 measles cases nationwide, a majority of them come from Texas. The Lone Star state’s 753 confirmed cases are the ...

The United States has reported more cases in 2025 than in any year since 1992. The majority of this year's cases stem from ...

Lubbock County in Texas has been free of measles cases for more than 50 days. But Katherine Wells, director of the Lubbock Health Department, is staying vigilant.

There have been at least 1,309 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year. Hundreds or thousands of other families have ...

A new county has joined the outbreak list this week. The Department of State Health Services confirmed four outbreak-linked ...

Last week, I explained why it matters if the United States were to lose its status of having eliminated measles. That ...

Gaines County, the epicenter of the massive Texas measles outbreak that began in January, no longer has ongoing measles ...

The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services says three new measles cases have been detected in the last week in connection to an outbreak in West Texas.

Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in more than three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

A health worker administers a measles test to a car passenger at a mobile testing site outside Seminole Hospital District Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.