Measles

Since 2017, the percentage of Missouri's kindergarten-age children who have received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine has dropped from 95% to around 90%, according to state health officials.

Vaccinations not only protect your health, they protect the health of the community by slowing or stopping the spread of illness. But Missouri now has...

The St. Louis Department of Health is urging people to receive a measles shot before the busy summer travel season begins.The U.S. largely eradicated…

Health officials in Jefferson County are trying to find people who may have come in contact with a person there who has caught measles.The person caught…

Measles have not yet reached the St. Louis area but, in an effort to thwart an outbreak, area clinics are reaching out to a group of parents whose…

Rumors of a link between autism and the measles vaccine persist, although the original paper that claimed the link, as well as its author, have been…

The measles vaccine is safe and effective, pediatrician Ken Haller said; there’s no reason not to get it.“This virus is very tenacious,” Haller told “St.…

Measles has not reached the St. Louis area this year, but that hasn’t kept it from stoking fears. Local public health officials are encouraging parents to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 17, 2011 - When Tom Wombacher first heard media reports about vaccines being potentially harmful…