Measles is an airborne virus, and one of the most easily spread ... The rapid spread of measles and the misery it caused became a staple in cartoons through the 1940s and 1950s.

Petrenko leads off today because I’ve seen so many falling-graph cartoons that they make my eyes glaze over, but he freshens the conceit by making it into a commentary on Trump’s apparent profiteering ...

Measles is making a troubling comeback in the U.S., driven by declining vaccination rates and rising vaccine hesitancy.

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 highly contagious measles virus – which has claimed the life of a second child in Texas – has spread east, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting measles cases in ...

Understanding the causes, symptoms, and prevention methods is crucial in stopping the spread of this virus. Measles is caused by the measles virus, which spreads through respiratory droplets when ...

That poses a challenge as the virus tears through Texas and New Mexico, and emerges in other parts of the country. By Dani Blum Until this year, Dr. Leila Myrick had never seen a case of measles.