The virus was eradicated in 1998 but returned, particularly among unvaccinated members of Mennonite Christian communities.

Health officials in York Region are warning of a confirmed measles case on an Air Canada flight that landed at Toronto's ...

Canada’s measles case count has passed 4,500, with the western province of Alberta—which has about five million ...

"Measles is preventable with two doses of a vaccine, which is proven to be very safe and effective. To stop these outbreaks, ...

Maddison McKee, press secretary to Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Adriana LaGrange, said the government stands by its approach to the measles outbreak. “Alberta’s government has ...

In Canada, six out of 10 provinces have reported measles cases. Alberta has the second-most with 83 as of April 12, according to government data.

But if transmission of the virus here continues for more than a year, Canada will lose its measles-free status. That almost happened in 2011, after a major outbreak in Quebec that led to nearly ...

There are five more cases of measles in northern Nova Scotia, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 35. Public Health expected the number to rise, and said these new cases are all ...

Canada reached measles elimination status in 1998, meaning that there has not been continuous spread of the virus for more than a year. But there have already been more cases reported so far this ...

Canada faces the alarming possibility of losing its measles “elimination” status as an outbreak of the disease is spreading across the country. The designation, set by the World Health Organization, ...

Health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over. The virus sickened 762 people since late January.

Measles cases have been confirmed in six of the region's countries — Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Canada, the United States and Mexico — and investigating the disease's spread is labor-intensive ...