For a community to be protected against contagious diseases, enough residents need to be vaccinated to provide “herd immunity ...
The life-threatening outbreak in West Texas starkly illustrates the stakes of slipping immunization rates and the ascension of vaccine skeptics, including Secretary of Health and Human Services ...
He noted various ways in which the department is aiding Texas, among them by funding the state’s immunization program and updating advice that doctors give children vitamin A. But on neither ...
In recent years, though, the virus has made a resurgence, as childhood vaccination rates have dropped nationwide. Due to the ongoing outbreak, the state of Texas has already reported more measles ...
While the Austin area has confirmed a case of measles, there is not an outbreak. That said, here's a guide to how and when to ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. highlighted the rapid spread of measles in Texas, particularly among unvaccinated children. He urged ...
As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...