Officials report a surge in measles, urging vaccinations and caution, with 1,227 US cases and local Arizona alerts.

The U.S. is up to 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year and Kentucky has a new outbreak. The national case count is seven cases shy of 2019's record case count.

As of Jan. 28, seven measles cases have been confirmed in Arizona, with about 1,000 people possibly exposed. Measles symptoms. Symptoms typically appear seven to 21 days after exposure to measles.

Health officials in Arizona attribute the largest current measles outbreak in the United States in part to the refusal of some workers at a federal immigration detention center to get vaccinated.

Arizona's first case of measles in 2019 is a 12-month-old who had traveled overseas. There's a lesson here that our lawmakers can't ignore.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. is currently experiencing its worst measles outbreak in more ...

The outbreak of measles has reached "a critical point," according to Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services. The outbreak has the potential to be far worse than the ...

Measles is highly contagious, Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, wrote in her blog, and 90% of people who lack immunity will get the disease if exposed.

Only a third of Arizona schools have what is called 'herd immunity,' meaning enough children are vaccinated to stop measles from spreading. advertisement And, in Arizona, by vaccine ignorance ...

Authorities have confirmed 22 measles cases in Arizona since late May. They all stem from the Eloy Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility managed by the private ...