The Illinois Department of Public Health has declared the Southern Illinois measles outbreak over. There were eight total ...

As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought ...

With no new measles cases identified in Illinois since May 22, health officials have declared the measles outbreak over, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday.

Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) took steps to prevent the spread of measles, including conducting vaccine outreach clinics, activating mobile vaccinations, and issuing health ...