Manitoba faces a significant measles outbreak. Sixty cases are confirmed. The disease spreads rapidly. Canada reports over a thousand cases this year. Vaccination eligibility expands in Manitoba.

The fist case was detected in Manitoba in February and now the province is reporting 60 cases. The virus is highly transmissible and symptoms often don't appear for a few days.

The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The first shot is recommended for children between 12 and 15 months old and the second between 4 and 6 years old.

A new Annenberg Poll shows that 87% of Americans say the benefit of childhood measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination ...

A generation of Canadian physicians have never encountered the virus, which can sometimes be hard to recognize at first ...

A person in the midst of a contagious measles outbreak reportedly stayed in Montreal from May 4 to 7 and visited several places in the city, according to the Montreal Regional Public Health Department ...

If you are already fully vaccinated (i.e. you received both doses of the MMR vaccine) or have proven immunity to measles from ...

Misinformation is making it hard for Canada to reach the vaccination levels needed to prevent the spread of measles, experts ...

Texas’ measles outbreak shows signs of slowing, with fewer than 10 newly reported cases in the last week, but experts say ...

"This means that the measles outbreak will continue. Hospitalizations will continue. Exposure to persons at higher risk, including infants under one, unvaccinated pregnant women, and immunocompromised ...

Shahab told media on Friday that 70 per cent of the cases are among preschool and school-aged children and were were ...