Amid one of the largest measles outbreaks in the United States in nearly a decade, anti-vaccine activists are promoting false claims that shots are ineffective in stemming the spread of the virus or that they could cause the disease.

Measles, a vaccine-preventable infectious disease, was eliminated as an endemic disease from the United States in 2000. Now, 25 years later, it has spread

Measles was considered to be eliminted in the U.S. in 2000, thanks to vaccine developments. But vaccination rates have dropped since the covid pandemic began.

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.

Infectious disease doctors said the measles virus can cause serious complications, and they say now is the time to make sure your children are vaccinated.