CHICAGO (WLS) -- Health officials in Illinois will give an update Friday on measles cases in the state. Officials say there are currently 10 measles cases in Illinois as they are asking clinicians to ...

The outbreak of measles in southern Illinois is over, according to IDPH, with no news cases reported since May 22.

As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought ...

There have been 1,277 confirmed cases of measles this year, which has eclipsed 2019 to become the highest annual total since ...

The new cases are part of a national surge fueled by multiple factors, including a large outbreak in West Texas, illnesses ...

While Illinois has had eight cases of the virus so far this year, at least 1,288 cases have been confirmed nationwide, the ...

N.Y., on Friday urged Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to declare a public health emergency for measles after confirmed ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. to declare a Public ...

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 ...