Since late January, 718 measles cases connected to an outbreak in West Texas have been confirmed by state health officials.

The U.S. measles picture grew by 23 cases, according to a Friday update from the CDC. A total of 1,024 confirmed measle cases have been reported from 31 jurisdictions, with 14 outbreaks (defined as 3 ...

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The measles outbreak centered in West Texas rose by eight cases on Tuesday but hit three new counties, according to health ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on May 14 before the House Appropriations and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and ...

The number of cases, mostly from the West Texas outbreak ... for Disease Control, measles is a highly contagious virus that can be serious. In its definition, the CDC notes, “Anyone who is ...

Texas confirmed eight more measles cases over the span of four days, continuing a short streak of shrinking increases in a ...

MPox is endemic in DRC, and has continued to cause large numbers of cases in the WHO African Region. In April, 2025, the WHO has restated that MPox continues to be a Public Health Emergency of ...

China has reported eight more H9N2 avian flu infections in people from four different areas, along with another H10N3 avian ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care ... That year, more than 1,200 measles cases were detected. According to the CDC, measles cases have now been reported in 31 jurisdictions. There have been 14 ...

In other vaccine news, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially ordered placebo testing on new vaccines, a change that experts claim will be costly and — harkening back to polio vaccine ...