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US measles cases are undercounted, experts say, but real numbers are proving hard to pin down
During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed what is now the ...
US exceeds 700 measles cases as officials struggle to contain outbreaks
As of Friday, the CDC reported 79 hospitalizations, including 45 patients who were under 5.  Most measles cases, 97%, ...
Weekly measles cases top 90 in U.S. for first time in years
The number of measles cases reported in the U.S. in a single week has topped 90 for the first time since a record wave in ...
US reports highest number of measles cases since 2019: CDC
In 2019, there was a total of 1,274 reported cases, CDC data shows. If the U.S. surpasses this figure, it would lead to the ...
‘Not just measles’: Whooping cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline
Doctors, researchers and public health experts warn that the measles outbreak, which has grown to more than 600 cases, may ...
Large number of measles cases being missed, CDC says
Measles would normally be expected to have a fatality rate of about one to three deaths out of every 1,000 children infected, the CDC says, so the number of deaths this year suggests there may be far ...
Whooping cough cases on the rise with measles: Symptoms, what to know
Here's what to know about whooping cough amid the growing cases.
Texas has majority of nation's 700 measles cases. Here are the latest numbers
U.S. measles cases topped 700 Friday, and two children and an adult have died. Texas and five other states have active ...
El Paso health officials confirm 5 new measles cases, total now 13
The city of El Paso Department of Public Health has confirmed five additional measles cases, bringing the total number of ...
RFK Jr. claims 'leaky' measles vaccine wanes over time. Scientists say he's wrong.
RFK Jr. claims the measles vaccine effectiveness wanes at a rate of nearly 5% a year, an assertion medical experts dispute.