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The president's anti-vaccine messaging and cuts to public health workers aren't helping as Texas faces a measles outbreak.

The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 124 cases mostly in children and in those who are unvaccinated, according to state data published Tuesday.

COLORADO, USA — A measles outbreak is unfolding in Texas and New Mexico, with nearly 100 cases reported since the beginning of the year. The resurgence of the highly contagious respiratory infection, ...

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Gabriel Benavidez, Ph.D., epidemiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Baylor University’s ...

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What began as an outbreak in a tight-knit Mennonite community with low vaccine uptake has expanded to other under-vaccinated communities.

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham said the best protection against the measles is the vaccine as the outbreak expands in neighboring Texas.

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Thanks to successful vaccination campaigns, most Americans today have never experienced a measles outbreak. So when they see ...

Health experts say low vaccination rates are fueling outbreaks of the contagious disease that was considered to be eliminated ...