In the decade before the measles vaccine was introduced, an estimated 3 to 4 million people were infected with the virus each year an estimated 400 to 500 people died each year, according to the CDC.

A child died from the measles after being hospitalized in Lubbock, the first death amid an outbreak that began last month in ...

An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas, officials said, marking the first fatality from the disease in the ...

The first U.S. measles death in a decade involves a school-aged child in West Texas, amidst an outbreak of over 130 cases ...

An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak that has infected more ...

The current outbreak is centred in north-western Texas, with measles also recently found across the state's border in New Mexico, as well as Alaska, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New York City and ...

Texas reported its first death from the measles as cases in several states have reached outbreak status as defined by the CDC ...

More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened by measles. The outbreak started in a county with a vaccination rate around 80%.

The US CDC is providing “technical assistance, laboratory support and vaccines as needed” to West Texas authorities ...

Measles causes a fever, rash and cough, among other symptoms, and can be particularly harmful for babies and young children, ...

State medical experts have confirmed 124 cases of measles in Texas. This is the largest measles outbreak in Texas in 30 years. Here is how it started and an overview of the situation, as of Feb. 25.