• California Measles Virus Outbreak: Symptoms and Signs, Treatments and Vaccines, and Prevention

  The United States was able to largely scourge the measles virus from its borders at the turn of the 21st century thanks to health policies that emphasized immunization and prevention.

  

• California Measles Outbreak Prompts Schools to Issue Alert to Parents in San Francisco Bay Area

  Measles was once declared eradicated in the United States at the turn of the 21st century. However, the latest outbreak of this virus has left California schools in the San Francisco Bay Area scrambling to notify parents to immunize their children.

  

• Disneyland Measles Outbreak in California Highlights Absurdity of Anti-Vaccine Movement

  Over 70 people have been infected with the measles virus in the United States so far. However, the current measles outbreak in California and other parts of the western U.S. has shed a light on those who opted out of the measles vaccine for questionable reasons.

  

• Saudi Arabia Lays King Abdullah To Rest; President Obama Expresses Condolences

  Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East and a major force in the Muslim world, died early Friday morning at age 90 from a bout of pneumonia. President Obama issued a statement in regards to his death.

  

• Yemen Instability Reverberates Across the West after President Resigns, Government Collapses

  The country of Yemen, a critical U.S. ally in the “war on terror,” could get a lot more unstable thanks to its government cutting a deal with Shiite Muslim rebels that resulted in the resignation of its leadership.