It’s National Infant Immunization Week: Protecting against disease starts when we’re young

The recent measles outbreak is a good reminder of the importance of vaccinations. More than  160 Americans have gotten sick this year from...

Get Ready Mailbag: What do I need to know about the measles outbreak?

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Check out t...

Measles

The United States is currently experiencing a large, multi-state outbreak of measles linked to an amusement park in California. The last con...

Bring home the magic from your theme park vacation, not the measles

CDC/ Cynthia S. Goldsmith; William Bellini, Ph.D. Disneyland is known as “the happiest place on earth” — except if you’ve got the measles. I...

Avoid the risk from measles: Get vaccinated

In 2000, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. And yet measles cases in the country hit a 20-year high this summer. How can that be?...

National Infant Immunization Week begins April 26

Infant getting immunization Photo: CDC/Judy Schmidt National Infant Immunization Week is set for April 26-May 3. The week is a time to cele...

Are you heading to the Olympics this summer? Add one more thing to your packing list

Did you know that it’s National Public Health Week ? There’s a different theme every day, and today’s theme is communicable diseases . We th...

Measles alert

In the past week, Massachusetts identified 5 new cases of measles, ranging in age from 16 months to 65 years. All confirmed and suspect ...