Texas is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in 30 years, primarily affecting the South Plains region. A child has died ...
The People’s Voice cited South Plains Public Health District vaccination clinics held Feb. 6 and 7 in Gaines County. On Feb. 5, the Texas state health department confirmed Gaines had six cases of ...
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low ...
Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...
The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 146 cases with most infections reported among children and teenagers, according to new data released Friday.
The latest update comes two days after the first death was reported in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.
Eighteen more cases of measles were reported in Gaines County, as of Friday. State officials confirmed this week an unvaccinated school-aged child died from measles in Lubbock.
Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping ...
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One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, the Texas Department of Health Services said in an update today. This is 22 more confirmed cases since an update ...
The Legacy Traditional School in Cibolo has confirmed with KENS 5 that there is a measles case in a first-grade classroom.
A measles outbreak in West Texas has people across the state curious about their communities. You can check the vaccination ...