As the CDC and local health administrators prepare for the likely transmission of mosquito-borne Zika in parts of the continental U.S., some public health officials are looking back to the only other ...

FILE - A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine sits on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File ...

(KBTX) - State health officials insisted on Friday that there have been no confirmed cases of rubella or measles in Central Texas. However, Brazos Valley health officials are calling a couple of false ...

RFK Jr. recently claimed that the MMR vaccine “contains a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles.” While the rubella virus in the shot is grown using fetal cells, the vaccine does not contain ...

Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...

A CDC advisory panel voted Thursday to limit the availability of a combined shot for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, the virus that causes chicken pox for children. The panel also delayed a ...

People who followed the US vaccination schedule and got two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine as a child are considered protected for life against the disease. But some people, including ...

A nurse mixes a dose of the measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine at a pop-up clinic in Carrollton, Texas, on Friday, March 7, 2025. Liz Rymarev / Staff Photographer The measles is one of the most ...

Metaphors of war and combat are almost impossible to avoid when describing humankind's struggle to control infectious disease. The war may be endless, but significant battles have been won (and some ...