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Texas may have declared its measles outbreak over, but rising cases elsewhere and the return to school mean it could easily ...
Texas health officials on Aug. 18 declared the end of a measles outbreak that had sickened more than 760 people across the state and killed two children. Doctors and public-health officials involved ...
A MMR vaccine information packet is seen at City of Lubbock Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, on March 1, 2025. Texas health officials on Monday declared a West Texas measles outbreak over. File ...
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced the end of the measles outbreak in West Texas on Monday. Health officials said the outbreak is over because no new cases have been reported in ...
More than half of Texas' counties have MMR vaccination rates among kindergartners below the threshold the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is needed for herd immunity.
The outbreak that unfolded in West Texas illustrates the danger ... the University Medical Center Health System in Lubbock. "The state reports emergency funds that typically cover a response like the ...
A child who died of complications of measles in a West Texas outbreak of the virus was just 6 years old, according to her father, who spoke with The Atlantic. ALSO READ: Love thy neighbor by giving ...
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The deadly measles outbreak in West Texas has ended seven months after the first cases were reported, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Monday. A total of 762 ...
As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — ...