Doctors say subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, typically takes years to rear its head after a measles exposure. 'We don’t have a way of knowing who’s going to get it, and we don’t have a ...

Before the advent of widespread and effective vaccines, the complication occurred enough in the U.S. that, in the 1960s, a doctor created a national registry of SSPE patients. Researchers now estimate ...

Measles causes complications — ranging from diarrhea to death — in 3 in 10 infected people, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Some are immediate, while others take weeks or ...