Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease caused by a virus, and can be severe or even fatal. According to the U.S.

A growing measles outbreak in Texas, where one unvaccinated child died and nearly 20 others have been hospitalized with ...

Vaccines are the most effective tools to combat measles. Breakthrough cases — infections among the vaccinated — are extremely ...

A child has died of measles in Texas, officials said — the first death from the highly contagious disease the United States ...

People who are vaccinated, or who have had the measles before, are unlikely to catch the virus ― even if they come into ...

State and local health officials are urging individuals to receive MMR vaccine as Texas reaches 124 cases this week. Here is ...

Health authorities warned of further spread. Most U.S. measles cases this year involved people 19 and under and those without ...

The deadly illness has sickened dozens of people in west Texas and New Mexico since late January. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed 90 cases of measles, including at least 77 ...

The CDC is supporting the response to the measles outbreak in Texas and in New Mexico, the latter of which has seen nine ...

Yahoo News answers some of the most frequently asked questions about measles amid the Texas and New Mexico outbreaks.

A person who was hospitalized with measles has died in West Texas, marking the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.

As first measles death is confirmed in the U.S. since 2015, experts warn the current West Texas outbreak is likely to spread.