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Texas measles outbreak worsened

What We’ve Learned from the Texas Measles Outbreak
The Texas outbreak started in a Mennonite community in Gaines County where vaccination rates are low. State health officials say they pushed hard to get people in the community vaccinated, setting up mobile vaccine clinics and educating people on the safety and efficacy of the shot.
Texas declares measles outbreak over
Health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over. The virus sickened 762 people since late January.
Texas declares end of measles outbreak that sickened 762, killed 2
Texas health officials have announced the end of a measles outbreak that sickened more than 750 people and killed two unvaccinated school-aged children in West Texas since January.
After Hundreds of Infections and Two Deaths, Texas Declares End to Its Measles Outbreak
Texas health officials declared on Monday that the measles outbreak that has sickened more than 700 people in the state and killed two children is over—though they warned that the threat posed by the disease is not.
Texas measles outbreak is officially over, state health officials say
Texas’ measles outbreak — which sickened hundreds of people and claimed the lives of two children this year — is officially over. Officials at the state public health department announced on Monday morning that it has now been more than 42 days since the last outbreak-connected measles case was reported. That means the state’s outbreak has ended.
The West Texas Measles Outbreak Has Ended
According to state health officials, a measles outbreak that started in an undervaccinated community and killed two children is now over.
Texas measles outbreak declared over after 700 infections, 2 deaths
The measles outbreak in Texas that sickened more than 700 people earlier this year is officially over, the Department of State Health Services announced.
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West Texas measles outbreak may be prelude to worse in the future
The West Texas measles outbreak has, thankfully, ended. Between late January and earlier this month, more than 760 Texans caught the preventable disease, 99 were hospitalized, and two children died. Measles cases linked to Gaines County cropped up in three other states.
Measles outbreak in West Texas is declared over
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 over 42 days, double the maximum incubation period for measles.
Measles outbreak that sickened more than 700 declared over in Texas
A measles outbreak in Texas that infected more than 700 people has officially been declared over, state health officials announced on Monday.
As measles exploded, officials in Texas looked to CDC scientists. Under Trump, no one answered.
A measles outbreak struck earlier this year, just as changes made by the incoming Trump administration affected the Centers for Disease Control's response, agency personnel said.

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