NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dr. Carlos del Rio about the spiking number of measles cases in South Carolina and about the public health challenges posed by the outbreak.

There have been 1,267 confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency has also reported three deaths from measles. As ...

Measles cases have been rising across Merseyside, prompting urgent warnings and appeals from healthcare professionals. A child died from the highly infectious disease this weekend at Alder Hey ...

More than 1,900 people, mostly children, have been sickened by measles in the U.S. in 2025. The outbreaks are moving the ...

CDC data shows 2025 is now the worst year for measles cases in this country in more than three decades. More than 150 people have been hospitalized due to the growing outbreak and three have died, ...

Measles may seem like a disease of the past. Indeed, the highly contagious virus was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000 after a full year had passed without any infections. But times ...

In 2000, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a major victory: the US had effectively eliminated measles, a global scourge. Now, 25 ...

Experts worry that if vaccination rates do not improve, deadly outbreaks will become the new normal. 1,750 1,500 1,250 Measles spread through N.Y. Orthodox Jewish communities in 2019 1,000 750 There ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Measles, a highly contagious virus, is spreading rapidly across the U.S., meaning an outbreak in North Carolina is bound to happen ...

To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata reported earlier this year ...

As measles cases surge to record levels in the U.S., Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the effectiveness of the long-used vaccine and instead ...

Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill on Monday called on vaccine manufacturers to develop separate shots for measles, mumps and rubella instead of the current vaccine, which combines the three. O’Neill ...