An insidious but lesser-known consequence of even a mild measles infection is that it kills the very cells that remember ...

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these ...

Even a mild measles infection can cause the immune system to 'forget' how to recognise and kill pathogens it has been exposed ...

Even if a child or adult recovers from encephalitis from a measles infection, Garcia Carreno added, there is a 25% risk of developing more persistent health issues after infection, such as seizures, ...

While measles immunity lasts a lifetime, some people who received only one shot or an older version of the vaccine may ...

Mark Joffe is a professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the University of Alberta and previously served as the Chief ...

Unvaccinated children are becoming unvaccinated adults, who are at risk of dangerous complications.

“Immune amnesia basically destroys your immune system. And with respect to the measles virus, it can infect the cells that process the memories or prior immune or viral infection and other ...