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Texas health officials reported 36 new measles cases Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since late January ...

Michigan officials confirmed a new measles outbreak Thursday near Grand Rapids, bringing the U.S. to eight states with active ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to contain measles outbreaks around the country have drawn criticism from a ...

Measles has surpassed 700 cases in the United States in 2025. Thus far, there have been two deaths caused by measles, and one ...

Most of the measles cases reported in the U.S. so far this year are connected to the measles outbreak that began in West Texas.