Whitmire confident in city preparedness as officials monitor growing measles outbreak in west Texas
HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire told KHOU 11 he is confident in the city's ability to swiftly respond to any potential ...
First measles death reported in West Texas outbreak was unvaccinated child, officials say
The Texas Department of State Health Services on Wednesday confirmed the death. DSHS said the patient was an unvaccinated ...
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A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last ...
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An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ...
Child in West Texas is first US measles death in a decade
At President Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, he deferred a question about the measles outbreak in Texas to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Departme ...
West Texas doctors urging vaccination after measles death: ‘This is a big deal’
After a pediatric patient in West Texas died of measles complications, hospital officials are urging the community to take the outbreak seriously, and to educate themselves about the virus and ...