Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story As measles cases increase, misinformation also spreadsThere are more than 600 measles cases in

Beliefs about the safety of the measles vaccine and the threat of disease are sharply polarized, fed by the anti-vaccine views of our top U.S. health official.

The number of cases reported in Texas’ historic measles outbreak has risen to 597, an increase of 36 cases since Friday, according to state officials on Friday. Of those, 62

Americans are increasingly being exposed to false claims about measles and vaccines, according to a new KFF poll. It found 33 percent of respondents had “heard” or “read” the false claim that “getting the measles vaccine is more dangerous than becoming infected with measles.

Parents who believe, or lean toward believing, false claims about the measles vaccine say they delayed or skipped some vaccines for their children.

With the U.S. now reporting more than 800 measles cases, a new poll from health policy research group KFF finds that many people are being exposed to false claims about measles and the measles vaccine.