"Measles is really the most contagious illness that we know of," one expert said, which is why vaccinations are so important.

A top spokesman in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly resigned over reports of internal clashing over ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, is voicing support for the measles vaccine amid a deadly ...

Texas’ health commissioner told lawmakers Monday they are still trying to determine the origin of a South Plains-Panhandle ...

In the first test of the Trump administration’s outbreak response, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F.

Since then, Kennedy said that HHS was helping health officials in Texas respond to the outbreak and spoke approvingly of the ...

Kennedy said vaccines can protect children and contribute to community immunity, but the decision should still be parents'.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the measles outbreak in west ...

More than 100 people in West Texas are currently sick with the illness, which is avoidable when enough people get vaccinated.

Measles outbreaks − including recent occurrences in New Mexico, Florida, Ohio and New York − happen all too often. It does not need to be this way.

Texas DSHS in a statement: "The best way to prevent getting sick is to be immunized with two doses of a vaccine against measles, which is primarily administered as the combination ...

A measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health ...