Measles, rubella, erythema infectiousum and roseola infantum are part of the six classic childhood exanthems, and have very distinct and recognizable features. The eruption when aminopenicillins ...

Measles IgM can usually be detectable after the first 3 days of the exanthem. In roseola, after an incubation period of 5–15 days, infected children develop high fevers that last 3–5 days.

Researchers flag groups that should get an extra dose of measles vaccine as case numbers continue to rise in Texas and neighbouring states. A measles outbreak in the United States is growing ...

With measles becoming a growing threat nationwide, federal health officials continue to encourage parents to vaccinate their children to avoid becoming infected by the highly contagious virus.

For a child who is not vaccinated against measles — one of the world’s most infectious viruses — no classroom, school bus or grocery store is safe. Nine out of 10 unvaccinated people exposed ...

Robert Kennedy Jr. sat down exclusively with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook for his first network TV interview since becoming Health and Human Services secretary. More of ...

She now covers breaking and trending news for CBS News' HealthWatch. As measles cases rise across the United States, misinformation about the life-threatening infection can put people at risk.

Recent Trump administration actions are setting the stage for a measles resurgence, experts fear. By Teddy Rosenbluth As the Trump administration moves to dismantle international public health ...

Three hundred and fifty-five cases have been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, but local officials say that it’s an undercount and that the virus could ...

Kennedy Jr., who spent years promoting debunked theories and sowing doubts about the safety of vaccines, on Sunday promoted the measles shot. “The most effective way to prevent the spread of ...

Measles has made its way to South Florida two years in a row, most recently with a case in a Miami high school and last year with seven cases at a Weston elementary school and two in the Broward ...