Measles

Measles, a condition medically known as rubeola, is highly contagious. To get better informed on this dangerous disease, we’ve compiled a list of the signs and symptoms of measles.

A Washington State woman has succumbed to measles. She’s the first U.S. resident to die of the disease in more than a decade. It’s believed the woman, whose name has not been released, may have died because she showed few of the symptoms associated with measles–including a rash. In fact, the infection wasn’t detected until […]

Measles is highly contagious, and understanding the virus and what you can do to protect yourself, family, and others around you is important for the health and safety of people worldwide. Like many other viruses, measles outbreaks come and go. Though North America doesn’t typically report many cases of the measles each year, the last […]

A United States senator says it’s time to make the measles vaccine just as available as the flu vaccine — and that means making it free. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus that can be spread through the air — usually through coughing and sneezing. Early symptoms include fever, runny […]

The sun and surf aren’t the only things that are contagious in California. Not with the recent measles outbreak in the state reaching 68 cases, according to state officials. Forty-two cases in the growing measles outbreak in Califorina have been linked back to an initial outbreak at Disneyland, which started in December, after park-goers and […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the number of measles cases in the United States has risen to 288 for this year alone. That’s the highest number for any year since 2000 and the most reported in the first five months of a year since 1994. CDC officials reported that the U.S. […]