A handful of countries have reported measles outbreaks this year, with Romania reporting by far the highest number of cases. This is the picture for the rest of the European Union. View on euronews ...

Summer travel raises fears that the highly infectious virus will spread. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family.

Which is more contagious, measles or viral misinformation that infects our understanding of how to stay safe? It’s hard to ...

With cases of measles in Alberta at their highest in decades, the provincial government is encouraging people to get ...

The Saskatchewan government is making measles vaccinations available to infants aged six and 11 months who live, are travelling to, or have contact with people in areas with a high risk of measles ...

The measles virus doesn’t need direct contact to infect you—it can hang in the air for up to two hours after an infected person has coughed or sneezed. As summer travel ramps up, this highly ...

For a virus that's been documented since at least the ninth century, there is still plenty we have to learn about the measles virus and how it operates, Associate Professor Bin Liu, PhD, explained ...

Using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), researchers at The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, have revealed the first high-resolution renderings of the measles virus’s ...

An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.

In classic measles, fevers can spike over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, but in modified cases, it’s often milder or absent.” According to Rohde, the same is true for other common measles symptoms: Cough ...

Measles is spread through contact with infected nasal or throat secretions, or by breathing in the virus after it's coughed, sneezed or sent into the air by an infected person, according to WHO.

Can you get measles if you have been vaccinated? Yes, you can contract the virus if you have been vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) according to the CDC. But it's rare.