Spotlight PUBLIC HEALTH | Q&A Do you need a measles booster? You might be surprised Christy Bieber Kiplinger’s Consumer News Service Apr 5, 2025 Apr 5, 2025 Updated Apr 10, 2026 0 Older adults may lack protection from measles. Dreamstime Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Christy Bieber Kiplinger’s Consumer News Service The highly contagious measles virus was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000 after a full year passed without any infections.kAm}@H[ %6I2D :D 6IA6C:6?4:?8 E96 =2C86DE >62D=6D @FE3C62< :? ?62C=J E9C66 564256D[ 2?5 E96 G:CFD :D DAC625:?8 24C@DD E96 4@F?ECJ]k^AmkAm%96 8@@5 ?6HD :D E92E >@DE A6@A=6 2C6 AC@E64E65 282:?DE >62D=6D[ 2D EH@ 5@D6D @7 E96 ||# — >62D=6D[ >F>AD[ CF36==2 — G244:?6 2C6 DE2?52C5 AC24E:46 :? 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E@ E2<6 E92E 492?46 H96? J@F 42? G:CEF2==J 6=:>:?2E6 J@FC C:D< H:E9 2 D9@E]k^Am 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Vaccines allowed for near-eradication of polio in US. Survivors say don’t forget Survivors say the fact that few young Americans know about polio compounds their suffering. Here's what they want everyone to know. Whooping cough cases are rising again in the US Preliminary data from the CDC says the U.S. has seen 8,485 cases of whooping cough in 2025. That's twice as many cases as this time last year. 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A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.
Vaccines allowed for near-eradication of polio in US. Survivors say don’t forget Survivors say the fact that few young Americans know about polio compounds their suffering. Here's what they want everyone to know.
Whooping cough cases are rising again in the US Preliminary data from the CDC says the U.S. has seen 8,485 cases of whooping cough in 2025. That's twice as many cases as this time last year.
Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US North America's three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases.
Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root Flu-related deaths hit a seven-year high in January and February, the two months that usually account for the height of flu season.
Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods A National Institutes of Health study aims to find out whether ultraprocessed foods lead people to eat more. And, if so, why?
Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in children The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 19,000 people died from the flu so far this winter, including 86 children.
