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This year is the worst for measles spread in the U.S. since 1991. The news comes as Missouri has become the 18th state with ...

The University of Texas and Austin Public Health created a measles simulator for school districts and private schools around the county to better ...

Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the ...

A growing outbreak of more than 120 measles cases that began in a West Texas community has health officials in Houston and ...

Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health ...

Last year, there were 284 measles cases in the U.S. and none in Texas. The last big outbreak was in 2019 when the U.S. had 1,274 cases, according to the CDC. That year, Texas had 23 cases ...

Texas is among the majority of states that have seen vaccination declines since the pandemic. In March 2024, there were already more reported cases of measles than in all of 2023, according to the ...

Travis County had the lowest percentage of kindergarteners with the measles vaccine — 89.6% — among Texas counties with at least 100,000 people, according to 2023-24 state data.

According to the Houston Health Department, the case at Hobby has no connection to any local measles cases. The HHD said those who were at Hobby Airport during the same time as the infected ...

Two more counties, Potter and Parmer, have reported a measles case. The outbreak has cost state taxpayers $4.5 million to pay for immunization, testing and a public awareness campaign.

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.