Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging,

Texas Democrats are calling for a detailed report from the CDC about how the agency is assisting with a measles outbreak in West Texas. The letter comes as the CDC is facing workforce and funding cuts and Texas deals with its worst measles outbreak in 30 ...

Lloyd Doggett and two other U.S. House representatives from Texas question information CDC is giving, recent firings and availability of vaccines.

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 400 cases amid reports of some children taking unhealthy amounts of vitamin A.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the measles outbreak has reached at least 19 states. Of the 483 cases currently documented, 400 were reported in Texas. The number of cases continues to rise,

Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take up the offer.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing doctors to treat measles-infected children with cod-liver oil despite the fact that medical experts believe that this is an unproven remedy that is not as effective at preventing the illness.