In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

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Some parents are hesitating to vaccinate children against the measles in the Rockford region. Here is what is behind the ...

Measles is the most contagious disease that we know. It spreads with unbelievable efficiency, in a nonimmune or a partially immune population,” says Dr. Adam Ratner, pediatric infectious disease ...

Measles, once declared eliminated in the U.S., has seen a resurgence, with recent cases linked to travelers passing through U ...

Two cases of measles have been identified in Cook County, Illinois. One case was detected in an international traveler through Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

Measles is a very contagious and dangerous disease—but it’s also preventable. Thanks to a coordinated and highly effective effort to deliver the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, it was ...

Measles is on the rise, with a large outbreak in Texas and cases in other states. Doctors say the current two-dose vaccine will provide 97% immunity. For the 2023-24 school year, Chicago’s ...

Measles cases were the worst in almost three decades in 2019, and there was a rise in cases in 2024, including an outbreak in Chicago that sickened more than 60.

Chicago's measles outbreak is over, the city's public health department announced. There have been two full incubation periods — 42 days — without a new case of measles, with a total of 64 ...

Over the course of the outbreak, 64 people in Chicago tested positive for measles, including 57 associated with Chicago shelters. The CDPH said it collaborated with federal and local health care ...