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Immunization programs nationwide have been left brittle by years of stagnant funding by federal, state and local governments.
U.S. measles cases have topped 700 as of Friday, and two children and an adult have died. New Mexico, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, ...
Overall, Texas has among the lowest per capita state funding for public health in the nation, just $17 per person in 2023, ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week made his strongest endorsement yet of the measles vaccine ...
Vaccine uptake is currently too low to prevent outbreaks of measles – a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus.
Measles infections after vaccination are rare, and there are no documented cases of healthy, fully vaccinated people dying ...
Yes, you can contract the virus if you have been vaccinated with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) according to the CDC. But it's rare. Roughly three out of 100 people who've gotten ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the measles response in Texas and the U.S., saying it's a "model for the rest of the world." ...
Measles was declared “eliminated” from our country a quarter century ago. However, anti-vaccination movements and ...
Experts say outbreaks of preventable diseases could get much worse with Trump’s cuts to public health infrastructure.