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As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought ...
As the U.S. records its worth year for measles spread since 2019, the Illinois Department of Public Health Friday will hold an update on the status of the highly contagious virus with cases across the ...
As the U.S. records its worth year for measles spread since 2019, the Illinois Department of Public Health Friday will hold an update on the status of the highly contagious virus with cases across the ...
Illinois officials declared an end to a measles outbreak with no new cases since May 22, despite a national surge in measles. High vaccination rates are emphasized for prevention.
The resurgence of measles highlights the need to recognize early, nonspecific signs and rash across all populations.
No new cases have been diagnosed in the state since May 22nd, and two full incubation periods of 42 days has elapsed since the last confirmed case, allowing the Illinois Department of Health to ...
Health officials in Illinois and North Dakota say their states' measles outbreaks are over, pointing to a continuing slowdown of measles spread in the U.S. during vaccine-preventable disease's ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health has declared the state's measles outbreak officially over. Eight measles cases, all linked to each other, were identified in southern Illinois in April and ...
Good afternoon, Chicago. The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and six months left in 2025.. The U.S. Centers for ...
State public health officials announced Friday that the southern Illinois measles outbreak had ended. At a news conference in Springfield, Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Sameer ...
Measles cases in the United States are the highest they’ve been since the country eliminated the disease in 2000. The U.S. has reported 1,277 cases since the start of the year, according to NBC ...
Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes South Carolina government agencies shouldn’t delay releasing information during a ...