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 ...
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 ...
Measles is a concern because 90% of people ... Most of the cases are in and around Gaines County in West Texas, not far from Lubbock and the Panhandle, but the state issued a warning for ...
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 ...
The child who died in the outbreak is the first U.S. death from the highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease since 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The Hays County Health Department said a Gaines County resident visited San Marcos, where Texas State is located, on Feb. 14.