With measles becoming a growing threat nationwide, federal health officials continue to encourage parents to vaccinate their children to avoid becoming infected by the highly contagious virus.

The chickenpox rash is different to the rash seen in measles. It often starts on the chest or back, appearing first as separate red bumps that evolve into fluid-filled blisters, called vesicles.

An infection can cause health problems that linger for years. By Dani Blum As more measles cases emerge around the country, doctors say they’re concerned that those infected may be at risk of ...

KFF data shows that less than half of parents are aware that measles cases are higher than average this year, and only about half of US adults are concerned about the ongoing outbreak. The KFF ...

These bumps turn into itchy fluid-filled blisters, or vesicles, that will eventually rupture and leak before scabbing over. The measles rash appears as flat spots, though raised bumps may ...

The chickenpox rash is different to the rash seen in measles. It often starts on the chest or back, appearing first as separate red bumps that evolve into fluid-filled blisters, called vesicles.

He covers federal public health agencies. Weekly measles cases have set a new record, according to figures published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, topping the peak ...

Measles cases are increasing in the U.S. and abroad, with unvaccinated individuals making up the majority of cases. The CDC recommends travelers be fully vaccinated with the MMR vaccine at least ...

The U.S. declared measles eliminated 25 years ago. But the growing outbreak of the disease centered in West Texas poses a threat to this coveted status—and signals the possibility of measles ...

“At current state-level vaccination rates, measles may become endemic again,” the authors wrote when they published their research this week in the Journal of the American Medical Associatio ...

By Teddy Rosenbluth and Apoorva Mandavilli The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the United States declared the disease eliminated in 2000 ...