As Canada’s measles outbreak continues to grow, the country is at risk of losing its measles elimination status — a bar set ...

According to government data, Ontario is recording more Measles cases each week than it once saw over an entire decade.

Since the outbreak in the southwest U.S. began, two elementary school-aged children in the epicenter in West Texas and an adult in New Mexico have died of measles.

Parents are feeling the strain as the measles outbreak grows, especially in southern Alberta. At a Lethbridge playground, ...

Manitoba faces a significant measles outbreak. Sixty cases are confirmed. The disease spreads rapidly. Canada reports over a thousand cases this year. Vaccination eligibility expands in Manitoba.

Ontario reports 173 new measles cases this week, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to almost 1,800 since the outbreak began in October 2024.

With the virus continuing to spread in Canada, with cases in every province, Barton fears physicians may need to start thinking about measles complications like SSPE more frequently. "In this outbreak ...

The fist case was detected in Manitoba in February and now the province is reporting 60 cases. The virus is highly transmissible and symptoms often don't appear for a few days.

Dr. Michelle Barton worried when measles found a foothold in southwestern Ontario last fall. The infectious disease specialist knew childhood vaccination rates hadn’t bounced back to pre ...

The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The first shot is recommended for children between 12 and 15 months old and the second between 4 and 6 years old.