Measles’ resurgence in the US is a grim sign of what’s coming
In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare — a few hundred cases each year, at most. But...
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Doctors Warn of a Deadly Complication From Measles Outbreaks
Deep Sankar Dasgupta with daughter Deepanwita Dasgupta, when she was 3 years old. Deepanwita was later diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a rare...
Journalists Explain a Spat Over Sugary Coffee and How Measles Fools Doctors
KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed excited delirium on Vox Media Podcast Network’s Criminal on March 6. Click here to hear Rayasam on...
Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink...
South Carolina’s measles outbreak is the largest since the US eliminated the disease
The ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina has reached a staggering 789 cases, making it the largest outbreak of the disease since the U.S. eliminated...