A medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody ...

Measles is a serious, potentially deadly virus, but it can also impact someone's immunity even after they've recovered.

Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...

Even a mild case of measles can lead to ‘immune amnesia,’ lowering the body’s ability to fight off other illnesses.

A bout of measles sends the immune system into shock, demolishing critical cells that help our bodies respond to threats. This can leave people extremely susceptible to other pathogens for weeks after ...

Measles is known for its characteristic rash, but it can have serious respiratory and neurologic complications.

Cases in the ongoing measles outbreak have risen to 258 across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and state health departments ...

Using these little bumps, called fusion proteins, measles enters white blood cells and makes copies of itself. As the white ...

The measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico is now close to 300 cases. Most are unvaccinated children. People usually ...

Measles targets cells in the body, such as plasma cells and memory cells, that contain those immunologic memories, destroying some of them in the process. “Nobody escapes this,” said Dr ...