Author: Tzipi Shmilovitz / Source: Ynetnews As the measles outbreak continues to spread, causing growing fear in its wake, NY communities of ultra-Orthodox Jews, face accusations that they are a contributing source for the outbreak of the disease. Though according to community leaders, up to 97%

Author: Donald G. McNeil Jr. / Source: New York Times Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times The measles outbreak continues to spread in the United States, surpassing 700 cases this year, federal health officials said on Monday. The virus has now been found in 22 states. More than 500 of the 704

Author: Aimee Cunningham / Source: Science News Measles is so contagious that the virus can unerringly find the unvaccinated. That knack, combined with the number of people in the United States who haven’t been vaccinated against the disease, has given measles an opening that it hasn’t had in the

Author: Daniel Hernandez / Source: L.A. TACO A spike in measles cases in California and a cluster of cases in Los Angeles County have prompted local officials to quarantine more than 900 people this week in an effort to contain a possible outbreak of the highly infectious disease. [Post updated

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama Even thought measles was considered eradicated in the US in 2000, there have been 695 cases reported this year. How immune are you? If you received a measles vaccination many years ago, you might need a booster shot. Children who received the vaccine