NIH Announces Discovery That Could Help Develop Measles Treatments

Scientists funded by the government carried out the work.

The National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., on May 30, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

New research has identified human antibodies that target the measles virus, which could help in the development of treatments for the virus, officials said on May 14.

“With measles cases increasing, we urgently need effective therapeutics to protect the most vulnerable,” Dr. Jeffrey Taubenberger, acting director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institute of Health (NIH), said in a statement.