With measles becoming a growing threat nationwide, federal health officials continue to encourage parents to vaccinate their children to avoid becoming infected by the highly contagious virus.

She now covers breaking and trending news for CBS News' HealthWatch. As measles cases rise across the United States, misinformation about the life-threatening infection can put people at risk.

A second school-aged child has died in Texas from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesperson confirmed Sunday. The child's death comes as an outbreak of measles originating in West Texas ...

The first patient wasn’t diagnosed until after a couple of days in the hospital, he recalls, because doctors had little reason to suspect that an adult would have measles. Several more soon ...

Previously, she was executive editor of Chemical & Engineering News. With the death of a second child from measles and cases in the US surging past 600, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the ...

The Indiana Department of Health Monday evening announced the state's first laboratory-confirmed case of measles of the year. The case stems from an unvaccinated minor in Allen County. State and ...

A second death of a school-aged child has occurred in Texas due to measles in connection to the ongoing outbreak. This was confirmed Sunday by a statement from University Medical Center hospital ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the “most effective” way to prevent the spread of measles during a visit to ...

A second child with measles in Texas has died, although the exact cause of death is unknown at this time, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS Secretary Robert F.

Measles cases are increasing nationwide, prompting health officials to urge vaccination. A second unvaccinated child in Texas has died from measles complications, highlighting the seriousness of ...

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly urged people to get the measles vaccine in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday. “We encourage people to get the measles ...