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Anti-vaccine advocate claims he contracted measles while visiting Texas
An anti-vaccine advocate, who routinely spreads misinformation about vaccines, said he contracted measles earlier this year ...
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Better testing, less vaccine messaging among lessons learned from historic Texas measles outbreak
Faced with a skeptical religious community that became the center of the outbreak, public health officials say they may have ...
Highly contagious disease found in major Texas city's wastewater
Public Health officials in Central Texas have detected traces of a highly contagious disease in Austin-Travis County ...
Measles no longer actively spreading in Gaines County, the epicenter of Texas’ outbreak
Gaines County, the epicenter of the massive Texas measles outbreak that began in January, no longer has ongoing measles transmission, public health officials said on Tuesday. The Department of State ...
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Texas measles warning for Central Texas. Here’s what you need to know
The ongoing Texas measles outbreak has rapidly grown to the largest Texas has seen in decades, Measles is a highly contagious disease. Here’s what you should know about how to protect yourself ...
Texas' largest measles outbreak in decades has subsided, but experts say state remains vulnerable
Texas' largest measles outbreak in decades has subsided, but the state could see another in the future unless vaccination ...
Day care measles exposure forces Iowa family to take weeks off work for baby: 'It only takes one'
There have been at least 1,309 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year. Hundreds or thousands of other families have ...
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Measles grew in Texas after vaccine funding stalled. Trend could repeat ...
The more than 700 measles cases reported this year in the U.S. have already surpassed last year’s total. The vast majority — more than 540 — are in Texas, but cases have popped up in 23 ...