As measles cases pop up in Pennsylvania, experts have message for families
With a measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, local health experts want to send a message to families.
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With a measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, local health experts want to send a message to families.
More than 130 unvaccinated students exposed to measles in South Carolina schools are quarantining, according to local health officials.
Vaccination coverage among kindergartners decreased for all reported vaccines during the 2024 to 2025 school year, data posted to the CDC website showed.
The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
The CDC's new "checklist" comes amid a deadly year of measles outbreaks that is now near record levels.
The U.S. is up to 1,001 confirmed measles cases.
A measles outbreak has been declared in Pennsylvania.
The CDC is now struggling to keep up with requests for support from states with measles outbreaks.
Dr. Peter Marks said that the deaths of unvaccinated children is "just not acceptable."
Arkansas, Hawaii and Indiana have joined a list of two dozen states with confirmed measles cases.
A spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child was "receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitalized" and was not vaccinated.
Two cases of measles have been confirmed within Pennsylvania.
The Bucks County Health Department has identified a measles case in a vaccinated adult who recently traveled to Texas.
There are confirmed cases of measles on the western side of Pennsylvania in Erie County.
Childhood vaccinations have not recovered from the slump that happened after the pandemic, according to new research.
Most cases have been from an outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, the CDC says.
Health officials say a child who had not been vaccinated died of measles in West Texas — the first death in an outbreak that has now infected more than 200 people.
More than 97% of measles cases across North and South America have been in the U.S. or Canada.
Health officials in Montgomery County are investigating and contact tracing after a child was diagnosed with measles.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, is voicing support for the measles vaccine amid a deadly outbreak, mainly in Texas.
Thanks to vaccinations, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. But measles cases are now back; one reason is that more families have exempted their children from routine immunizations than ever before.
Federal health officials have a message for parents about protecting kids against measles.
A West Virginia hospital has confirmed the first known case of measles in the state since 2009.
Infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm that measles is on the rise nationwide, with several major cities reporting outbreaks.
Infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm that measles is on the rise nationwide, with several major cities reporting outbreaks. What is being seen here in Western Pennsylvania? KDKA-TV's Ross Guidotti has more.
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Schwebel's, which sells bread at grocery stores across western Pennsylvania, is closing after 120 years.
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