Tarrant County Public Health has laid off 63 people whose positions were impacted by nationwide cuts to federal grants, ...

Measles is making its way through several states, and health experts say misinformation is giving it momentum.

Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into ...

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The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...

More than 20 public health workers have also been laid off, including those who administer vaccines and lab staff who are ...

Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

The FDA has delayed granting full approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine despite it being on track to be cleared until ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and ha ...

The West Texas Measles outbreak is often labeled the worst in more than 30 years. TPR looked into what happened 36 years ago ...

With more than 400 reported cases and at least one death, Texas and New Mexico are in the midst of one of the largest measles outbreaks in the United States in the past 25 years. Since childhood ...