About 13% of those cases have resulted in hospitalization, and only about 4% were in people who had received at least one shot of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. There have been three ...

However, even a small uptick in MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination could prevent millions of infections, according to new research. The study, published in JAMA last week, used a model ...

A few weeks ago, a South Carolina woman wearing stilettos and raw-edged jeans got into an expletive-laced shouting match with a man in the aisle of a beauty store. This fracas went viral on ...

About 13% of those cases have resulted in hospitalization, and only about 4% were in people who had received at least one shot of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. There have been three measles ...

The MMR vaccine, a combination vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, has been instrumental in curtailing the spread of measles. The vaccine has been available in its current ...

Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal ...

The Washington State Department of Health urges residents to be sure they have received their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine amid a national measles outbreak. (Associated Press files ...

Measles is spread from person to person through airborne droplets and is very contagious. Mumps is a virus that can lead to deafness, meningitis, painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and ...

About 92.7% of kindergartners in 2023-24, the most recent estimate, had received two doses of the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. Compared with four years earlier, that’s down 2.5 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 96% of those infected have not gotten the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, or their vaccine status is not known. A majority of them are under ...