serum red cells and diluent red-cell controls. Rubella-virus materials were tested for evidence of hemagglutination activity at various temperatures with red cells collected from several avian and ...

Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...

Cases in the ongoing measles outbreak have risen to 258 across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and state health departments ...

Measles is an extremely contagious vaccine-preventable disease that can lead to death or disability. It also wipes out immune ...

Measles is known for its characteristic rash, but it can have serious respiratory and neurologic complications.

The Infectious Disease Society of America says there have been “no deaths related to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine ...

Amid the outbreak of measles in West Texas, there’s a question of how contagious the disease is — and whether it will spread.

West Texas measles outbreak kills multiple victims including a child while experts warn the virus destroys immune memory ...

As of March 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a total of 222 measles cases in 12 jurisdictions: ...

Levels of antibodies created by the vaccine might decrease over time, but with a virus like measles, its longer incubation period gives the body’s immune memory cells more time to help fight the ...