Jul 09 The U.S. is having its worst year of measles cases in more than three decades By Devi Shastri, Associated Press The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that the national case count surpassed 2019, when there were 1,274 cases for the year and the country almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness. That could happen this… Continue reading
Jun 20 Iowa announces measles outbreak as U.S. tops 1,200 confirmed cases By Devi Shastri, Associated Press There have been 1,214 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Iowa announced the state's first outbreak Thursday and Georgia confirmed its second Wednesday. Continue reading
May 27 Amid measles outbreak, Texas lawmakers vote to make school vaccine exemptions easier By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades. Continue reading
May 14 WATCH: Health Secretary RFK Jr. says he doesn't think people should take medical advice from him By Laura Santhanam Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that he doesn’t “think people should be taking advice — medical advice — from me.”… Continue reading
May 01 'Diseases know no borders': Measles spreads with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and U.S. By Devi Shastri, Megan Janetsky, Associated Press North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 2:49 News Wrap: Israel cuts off Rafah as it expands military activity in Gaza In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli forces said they have completely encircled Rafah in southern Gaza, the Trump administration is excluding smartphones, laptops and other electronics from tariffs, Trump said he’s in good shape after his annual physical, and the… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 5:51 Man whose blood helped develop measles vaccine weighs in on recent outbreak By Deema Zein, Maea Lenei Buhre, Tim McPhillips A second child died from measles-related causes in Texas where an outbreak has infected at least 505. Until this year, the U.S. had no reported measles deaths in a decade. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former anti-vaccine advocate,… Continue watching
Apr 08 Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases across 10 counties By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated. Continue reading
Apr 06 RFK Jr. visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after second child who was infected dies By Devi Shastri, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas' still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness. Continue reading
Apr 06 Second child dies from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases approach 500 By Devi Shastri, Associated Press A spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child was “receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitalized” and was not vaccinated. Continue reading