Citation: Agnew T (2025) Childhood infectious diseases: Measles, Nursing Times [online]; 121: 4.

EUROPE was rocked by fresh measles fears as cases surged to their highest level in over 25 years. Global health officials ...

Skin reactions can be alarming, especially when they appear suddenly. Many people struggle to tell the difference between ...

Measles is a highly contagious viral infection. The most common symptom is a blotchy rash that appears red in lighter skin tones and brown or purplish in darker skin tones. This rash usually forms ...

Teachers beat her for speaking Hawaiian, and her uncle tried to wash the brown off his skin with lye. When she had children .

A bout of measles sends the immune system into shock, demolishing critical cells that help our bodies respond to threats.

With measles becoming a growing threat nationwide, federal health officials continue to encourage parents to vaccinate their children to avoid becoming infected by the highly contagious virus.

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico now have more than 250 cases total Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to more than 250 cases, and two unvaccinated people have ...

Share on Pinterest Health experts have raised concerns about HHS Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s strategies for containing measles outbreaks in Texas and other parts of the U.S. RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP ...

In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak. By Teddy Rosenbluth In a sweeping interview ...

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, measles was declared eradicated in the ... more tired—kind of a vicious cycle,” Dr. Madni explains. A skin rash—with flat red blotches that run into each other ...

Public health officials have confirmed the first case of measles in a Los Angeles County resident this year — the second infected person known to have passed through Los Angeles International ...