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NEW YORK — No more opting out of the measles vaccine for school children based on religious beliefs, after Governor Cuomo approved a new law that prioritizes public safety in the wake of the country’s most...

LOS ANGELES — The west coast county is not immune to the measles outbreaks.    The county health department says there have been 8 confirmed measles cases among LA Country residents this year, and 5 of...

The record number of measles cases in the United States has reached 764 cases across 23 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. Authorities have identified that California’s largest outbreak came...

Developments in the measles outbreak that has spread across the nation. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak is about to spread even further over the Easter holiday weekend — when more people...

In the first three months of this year alone, the number of measles cases in the United States have already surpassed all of last year’s cases — making this the second highest since the disease was...

NEW YORK – An outbreak of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease has killed two people in their fifties in New York this week, while 46 others were reported infected in the South Bronx since July 10. New...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Officials declared Friday that a measles outbreak believed to have started in Southern California four months ago is over. Health officials have been scrambling for months to contain the highly contagious disease...

Measles has spread through 17 states in the US, and health researchers are looking at the Philippines as the possible source. ABS-CBN North America bureau chief Paul Henson tells us why....Read More

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Scientists believe the recent measles outbreak in the US that began in adjacent Disney parks in California may have come from the Philippines. Health officials have found that this recent measles strain...

By Connie Macatula Delon, ABS-CBN North America Bureau CAROL STREAM, Ill. – The measles outbreak in America worsens with 19 more confirmed cases in the last week. That brings the total number of measles cases to...