Two unvaccinated people have died from measles in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Their deaths were confirmed by the state Department of Health on August 25. Dr. Debra Bogen, the department's director, declined to provide further details about the deaths, citing medical confidentiality, NBC News reports. These are the first…
On August 10, President Donald Trump signed an executive order revising childhood vaccination recommendations and promoting his long-standing, but scientifically debunked, idea that children should receive their shots separately, at separate doctor visits, the Associated Press reports. The document proposes…
More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the past two years than in all the years from 2000 to 2024 combined, The New York Times reports. Already, more measles cases have been reported in the United States this year than in any other…
From December 12 to 16, South Carolina authorities confirmed 27 new measles cases during an outbreak in and around northwest Spartanburg County. Over the course of two months, 111 people became ill with the vaccine-protected virus, CBS News reports. More than 250…
In 2025, measles, a disease thought to be largely eradicated by vaccination, is back in the United States. For the first time in a decade, measles kills three people, including two school-age children in Texas and one adult in New Mexico, the CDC reports.…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging travelers planning to come to the U.S. to be “fully vaccinated” against measles or consider postponing their trip, People reports. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending that all travelers be fully vaccinated because of…
US Surgeon General Robert F Kennedy Jr. has raised alarm among pediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers when he published a paper that emphasizes vitamin A and nutrition as treatments for measles, The Guardian reports. In response to the outbreak…
A measles outbreak in West Texas has resulted in more than 120 cases and the first measles-related death in the U.S. since 2015, U.S. News reports. One child has died. The Texas Department of Health Services on Feb. 26 reported the death of a school-age child who…
Measles is spreading in Ohio even two months after cases were first identified. As of the morning of December 29, central Ohio had 82 people infected with measles, officials said. All patients are children, writes CBS News. Department…
American immunologist Umid Sharapov: the COVID-19 epidemic continues among the unvaccinated, RBC reports. Immunologist at the US Center for Disease Control (CDC), Dr. Umid Sharapov talks about the importance of vaccination against COVID and other diseases, contraindications and fakes. Disappointing statistics on Covid incidence in recent weeks...