Katherine Wells, director of the Lubbock Public Health District, received the Ralph D. Feigin, MD Award for Excellence for her leadership during the 2025 West Texas measles outbreak.

Lubbock's public health director was honored for her leadership during the historic West Texas measles outbreak and her continuing work to protect communities from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Measles cases in Texas have risen to 124 in the western region of the state, according to new data from the Texas Department of State Health Services released Tuesday. The previous number, reported on ...

The state will provide updates online on Tuesdays and Fridays. The deaths of two children have been linked to the measles outbreak in West Texas. The United States has reported more cases in 2025 than ...

Three people have died from measles-related illnesses in the U.S. since the highly contagious virus started ripping through West Texas in late January. The U.S. has more than double the number of ...