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The first lady’s spokeswoman said Melania Trump had a “lingering cough” and would not travel to Erie, Penn., Tuesday out of an abundance of caution.

A smoke-filled stench fills a refugee camp just a short walk from the U.S.-Mexico border, rising from ever-burning fires and piles of human waste. Parents and children live in a sea of tents and tarps, some patched together with garbage bags. Others sleep outside in temperatures that recently dropped to freezing. Justina, an asylum seeker who fled political persecution in...

Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn’t even leave her dining room.

U.S. health officials are investigating what might be causing hundreds of serious breathing illnesses in people who use e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. They have identified 380 confirmed and probable cases in 36 states and one territory, including six deaths.

A teenage girl with measles visited Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Universal Studios theme parks this month and may have exposed other park-goers to the disease, Orange and Los Angeles County health officials said Friday.

Officials in New Jersey are warning of a possible measles exposure at a Lakewood health center.

Health officials in New Jersey are warning of a possible measles exposure at a corporate office in Union County last month.

U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 971 measles cases so far this year, the highest tally in 27 years

Five people have died in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, a bacteria-triggered form of pneumonia, that is connected to a single New Jersey county, health officials said Friday.

Five people have died in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, a bacteria-triggered form of pneumonia, in New Jersey, authorities say. Pat Battle reports.

Dozens more measles cases have been reported across the nation since last week, marking a 5 percent increase in total cases as the worst outbreak in decades spread to its 24th state, federal officials said Monday.

Nearly 100 more measles cases have been reported across the nation since last week, marking a 10 percent increase in total cases as the number in the U.S.’ worst outbreak in decades eclipses the 800 mark, officials said Monday.

Five dozen more measles cases have been reported across the nation, an 8 percent increase over the prior week as the case total in the U.S.’ worst outbreak in decades edges closer to a stunning 800, officials said Monday.

A traveler with measles who flew into Newark Liberty International Airport from Israel may have exposed other people to the highly contagious disease, health officials say.

Health officials in New Jersey are warning of potential measles exposure in Middlesex and Ocean counties, including at a popular trampoline park, late last month.

A woman who went to the midnight showing of “Avengers: Endgame” at an Orange County movie theater last week was diagnosed with measles, and now health officials are warning others in the crowd that they may have been exposed.

Rockland County officials joined New York lawmakers in Albany Monday morning to help a push a bill in the state Legislature that would end all non-medical exemptions for required vaccines for all children attending school in the state.

The number of measles cases in the U.S. has now risen to 704 — the largest number of cases reported in America in decades. Ida Siegal reports.

Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York. As an outbreak of measles surges across the United States — with 704 cases this year and counting — some local health officials are trying to deal with contagion in unvaccinated communities by turning to extraordinary police powers from...

A case of the measles has been confirmed in The Hamptons, health officials announced Thursday.