The measles rash usually doesn’t appear for more than a week after someone has been exposed. Other symptoms are better early indicators of a potential measles case, health experts say.

The spiking rates of two diseases could be signaling a return of childhood illnesses, according to a new ProPublica report.

House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, ...

All staff at the CDC responsible for tracking outbreaks of hepatitis, antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis were laid off.

The state reported a measles case last weekend. State vaccination data shows some school districts fall below the herd immunity threshold, but school nurses say they’re working to get as many kids ...

The White House is reportedly entertaining ideas like baby bonuses and a National Medal of Motherhood to drive more U.S.

Louisiana, Missouri and Virginia this weekend reported their first measles cases of the year, not long after the Centers for ...

More than three weeks after around 200 employees were terminated from the Morgantown National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) facility, the push to bring them back continues.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) penned a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary ...

The first case of measles in Virginia of the year has officially been reported.The patient is a child under four who has ...

Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and teens in the U.S. Emergency medical service encounters for ...