Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

For decades, one of the world’s most contagious diseases was considered eradicated in the U.S. But now measles is roaring ...

ANSWER: If you were born before 1957, you are likely (but not 100% sure) to be immune to measles (sometimes called red measles) and mumps. However, rubella (German measles) is a different disease ...

I read a recent column of yours in which you said that everyone my age can assume we’ve had measles. I remember having ...

German measles, which is caused by the rubella virus, is called rubella. Measles, which is also called measles or rubeola, is caused by a virus from the paramyxoviridae family.

The rubella virus is the infectious agent for German measles. Estimates are that 25-50% of infected folks don’t ever have symptoms. The disease produced is mostly mild with an initial sore ...

The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella, or German measles. It is a live virus vaccine, which means it contains a weakened version of the germs that cause the diseases.

"We would absolutely not take the MMR," the mother said through a translator of Low German. "The measles wasn't that bad, and they got over it pretty quickly," she added, ...

Now that measles, which was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, has re-emerged, you may be wondering about: whether you should get a measles vaccine booster.

I read a recent column of yours in which you said that everyone my age can assume we’ve had measles. I remember having ...