Before the measles vaccine, there were over 30 million cases of the disease worldwide each year.

The measles virus is airborne and extremely contagious. Before the first measles vaccine became available in the 1960s, ...

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a directive to state health workers Thursday ending long-standing mass vaccination clinics and banning staff from promoting seasonal vaccines.

The measles vaccine first became available to the public in 1963. Before the vaccine, measles was an endemic disease. Most children got it before turning 15. By 1981, the number of reported ...