A board-certified family medicine physician explains what a measles vaccine booster is, who should receive it as an adult, and why they may wish to consider it.

As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, a new analysis finds that nearly a third of young children who were eligible to be vaccinated against the disease did not get their first shot on schedule.

The number of measles cases exceeded 500 in Texas on Tuesday, according to the state’s health department, which made the update days after a second Texas child died after contracting the highly contagious illness that has been confirmed in at least 20 states.

Health experts say driving up vaccination rates in affected areas is the most effective defense against this disease

Measles is a highly contagious disease and in some cases, it can cause severe infections in the lungs and brain that can lead to cognitive issues, deafness or death. Two children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico have died in this year's outbreak.

Texas confirmed 505 measles cases in 22 counties on Tuesday. About 70% of these cases were confirmed in children under the age of 18.

and in Seattle, another read: “You wanted cheap eggs but … got measles instead!” Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics have been canceled because of the Trump administration’s massive funding cuts to local health departments. Right now ...

A legal effort could upend a nearly 40-year program that compensates people who say they were injured by vaccines.