Five students of a private school at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district of Kerala have sought medical treatment after showing ...

The measles vaccine uses a weakened virus that's never been shown to spread to others. Samples from the outbreak in Texas ...

The health department is also adding measles PCR testing capability to its lab ... that have likely reached herd immunity from their kindergartener's Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccinations in ...

Byrd said the center would be available within the next four to five weeks and comes after a request from the Texas Department of State Health Services to add measles PCR testing to its lab.

In 2002, four years after first sparking public controversy over whether the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine ... Unlike standard PCR, which can only crudely quantify levels of DNA, the ...

Texas health authorities reported Friday that measles cases continue to spread, including 10 cases in rural North Texas.

The health department is also adding measles PCR testing capability to its lab ... of immunity — and who did not receive an measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine within 72 hours of exposure ...

“The measles vaccine is given as part of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine ... swab that we do with COVID-19,” Dr. Kaufman West said. “The swab is a PCR test, so it’s usually pretty accurate ...

The Tamil Nadu Health Department has sounded a high alert as mumps cases surge among children in Coimbatore. The alert follows an outbreak at a matriculation school in Peelamedu, where 21 ...

Mumps is an infectious viral disease often characterised by swelling of the parotid glands (saliva-producing glands) on either side of the face. Serious complications are rare in children, and ...