Ten people, the majority infected children, have been hospitalized in B.C. as health officials hope the spread of the virus in the northeast has peaked.

Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high.

The U.S. is having the worst measles outbreak in decades. Here’s what experts recommend you do to avoid getting sick.

While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, especially children, to get oxygen into their lungs. It may also lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities.

While Illinois has had eight cases of the virus so far this year, at least 1,288 cases have been confirmed nationwide, the most in more than 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have reported eight cases so far this year compared to 10 total in 2024.

After being declared "eliminated" in the United States in 2000, confirmed cases of measles — a highly infectious disease — have hit a 33-year high at 1,288 so far this year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that cases surpassed 2019,

The author says the action creates mistrust of the committee’s vaccine recommendations and further increases patients’ and families’ vaccine hesitancy.

The rise in cases, according to an alert on Alder Hey Children’s Hospital websites, is also driving an increase in patients attending its A&E. In an open letter, published on Monday, the trust’s senior directors warned: “Measles is putting children and young people at risk within our communities and our hospital.

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a new measles case Thursday, more than a month since the last case was reported. The new case is in Williams County involving a person who recently traveled out of state and was unvaccinated against the disease,

UNICEF reports Afghanistan is among the top 20 countries globally with the highest number of unvaccinated children.

Child mortality has been halved in the last 25 years. Building on this progress, new innovations in immunization are working towards saving more lives.