Texas’ outbreak began in late January. State health officials said Friday there were 36 new cases of measles since Tuesday, ...

The Trump administration this week decimated HIV prevention programs across government health agencies after terminating ...

Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that can be spread through the air, according to the World Health Organization. The Boston Public Health Commission said they are closely ...

The 175 originates in Boston. However, Massachusetts Department ... While many people with measles experience high temperatures and the virus' signature red rash, advanced cases can lead to ...

A second child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died from measles in Texas on April 3.

waste water monitoring is an important tool in assessing the the prevalence of the virus locally. How does it work? Waste water samples are taken from the MWRA’s Deer Island sewage treatment ...

They used a method similar to the one Enders employed in his Nobel-winning polio work to grow measles virus in tissue in the lab. A front-page 1959 Boston Globe headline captured the excitement of ...

When COVID-19 arrived in the United States five years ago, the emergence of the new virus was no surprise for pandemic expert Laurie Garrett, who had traveled the world studying, investigating and ...

Efforts to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 may benefit from a new analytical tool developed by a team led by biologists at Boston College, who report their computer simulation of molecular ...