Experts are emphasizing the importance of vaccination against measles after two people in New York and three in New Jersey were diagnosed with the viral illness since the start of the year. It’s not unusual for sporadic cases of measles to be reported.

More measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas.

New measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky with the one common factor being a lack of measles vaccinations.

There have been more than 120 nationwide measles cases reported from eight states, including New Jersey. Measles has claimed the life of one child in Texas, the first U.S. measles death in a decade. Three people in Bergen County,

The New Jersey Department of Health confirmed an initial measles case on Feb. 14 in an unvaccinated individual, and by Feb. 20, two additional cases were identified in people who had close contact with the original patient.

Health officials from Texas have confirmed the state's first death from the measles outbreak was a school-aged child on Feb 26. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the unvaccinated child is among 124 cases sicken with this highly contagious disease since late January.

A measles alert was issued by the New Jersey Department of Health amid three cases of the highly-contagious virus in Bergen County.

New Jersey health officials say there are two new measles cases linked to a child who recently traveled abroad.

The cases identified in New Jersey are separate from a serious measles outbreak that has swept through West Texas in the last month, with doctors diagnosing 124 cases in nine counties.

Three measles cases have been reported in New Jersey as the virus surges across the United States. Should you be concerned? Here's what to know.

Health officials in New Jersey have confirmed three measles cases, all linked to an unvaccinated child who recently traveled internationally. The latest infections come as the U.S. sees a rise in measles cases,

There have been three reported cases of measles in New Jersey this month, with the first reported on February 14, and the second two confirmed Thursday, according to an article from NJ Advance Media.