The proportion of children receiving a second dose of the MMR vaccine is still below the threshold to stop viral transmission ...

The combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine — better known as the MMR shot —should be split into three separate vaccines, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Jim ...

Vaccinating your child protects them from potentially life-threatening complications of measles, mumps, and rubella, such as meningitis and infertility. Single-dose vaccines are not available in ...

For decades, babies have been wincing, squirming and crying their way through a series of vaccinations that start as soon as they're born. The shots protect against diseases such as diphtheria, ...

As of Nov. 19, a total of 1,730 confirmed measles cases were reported in the U.S., the highest number since measles was ...

Because vaccination during pregnancy is contraindicated and no licensed antiviral therapies exist, susceptible pregnant women ...

Recent U.S. decisions about vaccines signal bigger changes to come that could threaten the foundation of the national childhood immunization schedule.

(CNN) — Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine for young children.