Texas health officials announced the death of a child in a measles outbreak—the first measles death in the United States ...
There is a measles outbreak in the South Plains region of Texas, with 58 confirmed cases, primarily in Gaines County, which ...
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low ...
A paramedic administers a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center in Lubbock, Texas, Feb. 27, 2025. The West Texas ...
The Gaines County child died in Lubbock, Zach Holbrooks, public health director and executive director of the South Plains ...
The number of confirmed measles cases in western Texas grew to 146, and it is possibly spreading to the central part of the ...
Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines shape Texas’ ...
For a community to be protected against contagious diseases, enough residents need to be vaccinated to provide “herd immunity ...
More cases of measles have been detected in Texas' South Plains region, according to an update from rhe Department of State Health Services on Friday. 146 cases of measles connected to that outbreak ...
A measles outbreak in West Texas ... The virus has also spread to New Mexico and North Texas, with health officials confirming a case in Rockwall County on Wednesday. An additional 17 ...
The Hays County Health Department said a Gaines County resident visited San Marcos, where Texas State is located, on Feb. 14.