CT health officials said getting vaccinated is the best way to stay protected against the measles amid an outbreak. Here's ...

Measles can cause seizures, blindness and death, and children under the age of 5 are particularly vulnerable to complications ...

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The measles vaccine—which is technically the measles, mumps, and rubella or MMR vaccine—is usually administered during ...

Adults born before 1957 are assumed to have natural immunity because they were likely exposed to measles before the vaccine ...

About three out of 100 people who get both doses of the MMR vaccine will still get measles if they’re exposed to the virus, ...

Vaccination provides long-lasting 97% protection against measles infection. Most people who have been vaccinated do not need ...

Last week, a child who was hospitalized with measles in Texas has died, state health officials said. It marks the first death ...

Additionally, those born between 1963 and 1967 may have received a vaccine that was not as effective, according to the CDC. People vaccinated with that product or those who do not know their ...

Even if you don’t know the name Corita Kent, you probably know her work. Kent created the iconic “Rainbow Swash” on the gas tank visible from I-93 in Dorchester. Its soaring strokes of pure color have ...

Pioneer Press headline, March 7, 1967. (Pioneer Press) Although Texas’ childhood vaccination rate is just over 94%, its ...