Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness ...

Experts have said for years that measles would make a comeback if vaccination rates continued to fall, and 2025 lent credence ...

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ...

With childhood vaccination rates already declining, a vaccine advisory committee to the CDC considers changing the vaccine schedule, including dropping the universal hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.

Measles cases are surging as deaths from the disease go down globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Modelled estimates show that the annual number of measles cases decreased from ...

Measles is making a comeback in the Americas. The United States may soon have to return its gold medal status of measles elimination, a ranking bestowed by the World Health Organization that signals ...

The surging number of measles cases around the world is a stark warning sign that outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases could be next, the World Health Organization warned Friday. “It’s ...

For decades, measles vaccination has been a global success story. Deaths from measles dropped 88% around the world from 2000 to 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization, with ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year. A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles-free ...

Canada has lost its measles elimination status nearly three decades after it achieved the distinction, under circumstances that closely resemble what’s happened in the U.S. this year. The Pan American ...

Over the past five years, measles outbreaks have hit more than 100 countries. Canada lost its official measles elimination status on Nov. 10, 2025. The United States could be next. Eight-month-old ...