Twenty-five years ago, the World Health Organization and U.S. officials celebrated a WHO declaration that a highly successful vaccination program had officially eliminated measles

The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. Normally, most U.S.

"If the U.S. withdraws from the WHO, there is more of a chance of outbreaks of diseases like polio and measles," said Dr. Vidhya Prakash, associate dean of clinical affairs and population health and chief medical officer at SIU Medicine in Springfield.

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 10.3 million people were infected with measles in 2023.

A U.N. agency claimed the measles outbreak in North America could threaten the region’s decadeslong designation of having eliminated the virus. The Pan-American Health Organization, which is the World Health Organization’s regional office for the Americas,

Measles outbreaks across North America are threatening the region's status of having officially eliminated the virus, officials from the Pan-American Health Organization warned, potentially undoing a hard-fought victory to wipe out community transmission.

The measles outbreak in Texas has sparked debate over the use of vitamin A, with some health experts warning it may not be effective.

Before the measles vaccine, there were over 30 million cases of the disease worldwide each year.

As cases of measles keep rising in Texas, some doctors call Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s response a "wink and nod" to anti-vaccine groups.

US Health Secretary and long-standing anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing criticism for his equivocal response to the raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which as of Tuesday has grown to 159 cases, with 22 hospitalizations and one child death.

Montgomery County health officials continue contact tracing efforts after an unvaccinated Montgomery County baby contracted a case of measles over the weekend.