Two people who were not vaccinated against measles have died of the virus in Pennsylvania, health officials said. The state has seen 393 cases of the highly contagious virus this year, as infections across the US have hit the highest point in 35 years. Last year, two unvaccinated children in Texas died from a measles
The United States has reached a 35-year high in measles cases, according to new figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The United States has seen 2,318 confirmed cases of measles in 2026, just seven months into the year, down from a high of 2,289 last year, when two unvaccinated children
Public health experts warn that the outbreak in Bangladesh is proof of the dangers of any interruption in vaccination coverage. Three hours from the capital, Dhaka, we are witnessing the consequences of the vaccine shortage. Mosammat Nila Akhter and her husband took their 10-month-old daughter, Maliha, to a clinic to get vaccinated in February, but