Measles can be a serious infection with complications. Since infants less than 12 months are not considered eligible for an ...

Measles is spreading fast across the U.S., putting infants at risk. Should babies get vaccinated before age 1? Here's what ...

If an infant gets their first MMR vaccine at 6 ... to suffer measles complications including hospitalization, pneumonia, encephalitis -- swelling of the brain -- and even death.

An infant in King County has been identified ... and about one in every 1,000 suffers swelling of the brain called encephalitis — which can lead to convulsions, deafness or intellectual disability.

The infant is currently under quarantine ... severe ear infections and the one we really worry about is encephalitis, or inflammation on the brain." Before a measles vaccine became available ...

SEATTLE, Wash. -- King County health officials announced the second confirmed case of measles in Washington state in 2025. On March 17, an adult resident of Snohomish County was diagnosed with a ...