New York health officials declare end of state's nearly year-long epidemic, which accounted for 75% of nation's cases nationwide and occurred mostly in religious Jewish communities

Emergency order mandating vaccines set to be lifted after two incubation periods since the last reported cases pass without any new infections

After rules changed in wake of measles outbreak, students have 14 days from the start of school to prove they received the first dose of each immunization

Cases are first in city since 2011, believed to have been brought by someone who visited New York

Over 360,000 cases recorded worldwide in first 7 months of 2019, up from 129,000 in the same period in 2018, but actual infections could be 10 times that, WHO warns

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43-year-old, who had been vaccinated with 1 dose out of the recommended 2, becomes 3rd fatality in recent outbreak of highly contagious disease

Washington Post reports Bernard and Lisa Selz contributed more than $3 million to anti-immunization groups, including for forums in religious Jewish community

As New York schools end and Jewish children head upstate, counties mandate vaccines for campers

State battling measles outbreak in ultra-Orthodox community joins says parents refusing to vaccinate kids can longer claim religious beliefs for school registration waiver

Williamsburg institution was still admitting students and faculty who were not immunized against the measles, city official says

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