Across Pennsylvania, 94% of kindergartners had received 2 or more doses of the measles vaccine for the 2023-2024 school year, ...

One prevalent myth is that natural infection is enough to achieve herd immunity, making vaccination unnecessary. While ...

Measles is highly contagious. Here's what you should know about how to protect yourself against the disease, as well as ...

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board published an op-ed Monday calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary ...

Before the measles vaccine, there were between 3 and 4 million cases in the U.S. per year. Now, it’s less than 500.

What’s your view of herd immunity?” someone non-medical asked me at a party recently. “How long have you got?” I replied. It’s my way of avoiding an argument when I sense that somebody wants to ...

Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...

COVID-19 revealed weaknesses in our pandemic response plans and sowed distrust in science. Can we get it back?

Measles vaccination rates among Pennsylvania kindergarteners are declining, with only 23 out of 67 counties meeting the 95% herd immunity target. Experts attribute the decline to factors like ...

By disparaging public-health methods and discrediting vaccines, the COVID‑19 minimizers cost hundreds of thousands of people ...

Herd immunity is the concept of communal protection from a contagious disease. If enough people become immune, either through vaccinations or exposure, the infection cannot spread across ...

In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a ...