At her nomination hearing last month, Casey Means avoided directly endorsing vaccines for measles and other preventable diseases.
A new case report illustrates the deadly impact of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a rare complication of measles infection.
Several children have come down with serious complications like encephalitis and pneumonia, state health officials reported this week.
In a WSJ editorial this week, CDC principal deputy director Ralph Abraham tried to push back against criticism.
Thanks, anti-vaxxers.
At least three people have died from the vaccine-preventable infection, while hundreds have been hospitalized.
What happens when your country's public health system is run by anti-vaccine activists?
After a year of ongoing outbreaks, Canada is expected to lose its measles-free status. Experts say the U.S. is on track for the same fate.
Over 1,500 cases of measles have been reported in the U.S. this year, the highest toll since the disease was locally eliminated.
Thousands of people, mostly children, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have contracted the vaccine-preventable disease this year.
Even if measles vaccination rates stay the same, there could still be over 850,000 cases according to new research.
Only half of all Americans are even aware that measles cases are higher than normal this year.
Eight-year-old Daisy Hildebrand died from measles complications last week, the second such death reported in Texas this year.
A children's hospital has reported several cases of children being treated for both measles and vitamin A toxicity.
Most vaccinated people should still be highly protected against measles, but there are important exceptions.
A joint WHO/UNICEF report this week shows that measles has made a dramatic comeback across Europe and Central Asia.
Measles has killed at least one child and hospitalized at least 30 people in the U.S. this year.
In a recent Fox News interview, the newly enshrined Health and Human Services secretary touted the benefits of supplements and steroids for measles.
12 U.S. states now have confirmed measles cases.
124 cases and 18 hospitalizations from measles have been reported in Texas and New Mexico, though the true tally is likely higher.
