To address an emerging trend of inquiries related to the recent and ongoing measles outbreak in neighboring states to ...

A second person with measles died, but the official cause of death hasn’t been determined.

The update raised the number of confirmed cases since January to 198, with 23 patients hospitalized. At least two people have ...

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There are 198 cases of measles across Texas and the South Plains, with 94% of cases in six counties, and the best way to ...

The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd ...

The Texas measles outbreak has stricken more than 150 and killed one unvaccinated school-age child. We need to reverse the ...

While Gaines County is the center of this outbreak, infections have spread to eight other surrounding counties.

Here’s what Tarrant County health officials are telling schools, child care centers and parents about how to prepare for a ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is currently on the ground in Texas, collaborating with the local health officials to combat the growing measles outbreak.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - There are now 159 confirmed measles cases in the South Plains region. The Texas Department of State ...

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly 150 people, most of them unvaccinated. A school-age child has died. The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where government ...