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The outbreak of measles in southern Illinois is over, according to IDPH, with no news cases reported since May 22.
Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel ...
President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) took steps to prevent the spread of measles, including conducting vaccine outreach clinics, activating mobile vaccinations, and issuing health ...
My reading of Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership is a lot different than that espoused by ...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to immediately declare a public health emergency for measles, blaming the senior ...
One Indiana county's health department on Wednesday, July 9, confirmed a case of measles. There's no outbreak, but experts ...
IDPH officials said Friday that no new measles cases have been identified in Illinois since May 22. Two incubation periods ...
At a time when US is reporting a surge in measles cases despite the disease being eliminated two decades back, the country is ...
Measles cases in the U.S. have risen to the worst in 33 years, according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Yahoo News answers some of the most frequently asked questions about measles amid the multi-state outbreaks that started in ...