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What to Know Most measles cases this year stem from a large outbreak originating in West Texas ' Gaines County, home to a close-knit, undervaccinated Mennonite community.

How many measles cases are there in Texas? Texas added three outbreak-related cases Tuesday, for a total of 753 across 36 counties, most of them in West Texas, state data shows.

(AP) - Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just short of a 30-year high. There have been 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease ...

Texas confirmed three more measles cases this week tied to a major outbreak that raged through the late winter and spring. There are three other large outbreaks in North America.