Despite an unvaccinated child’s death, local residents in West Texas say personal choice—not public-health policy—should ...

Health officials in Maryland have confirmed the state's first measles case for the year amid expanding outbreaks in Texas and ...

The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between ...

Nearly 230 measles cases have been identified in outbreaks in West Texas and a nearby New Mexico county. One hundred ...

Three months in, Texas has already reported more measles cases in 2025 than in any other full year since 1992.

While Gaines County is the center of this outbreak, infections have spread to eight other surrounding counties.

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A historic measles outbreak in West Texas is just short of 200 cases, Texas state health officials said Friday.

North Texas health officials said they are keeping a close eye on the spread in outbreak communities and have plans in place ...

The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd ...

Nearly 200 cases of measles have been confirmed in West Texas in a little over a month, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. 39 additional cases since the previous official DSHS ...