Many people associate measles with its distinctive rash, but the illness actually begins days earlier with symptoms that look much like a severe cold. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, explains how to ...

Measles in adults and children in the last few months in California have brought home the fact that the extremely contagious virus is in our backyard. Once under control and even eradicated, measles ...

For every person infected with the measles, health officials expect them to spread the virus to another 12 to 18 people. As measles cases continue to rise across the country, many adults are left ...

Poisonings due to unproven measles cures rose by nearly 40 percent in three months, a new report shows. Vitamin A and cod liver oil have emerged as popular ‘cures’ for the measles virus, which causes ...

NPR's A Martinez asks Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo of Brown University why there have been more measles cases this year so far than in all of last year, and what can be done to stop the resurgence. There are ...