This week on the Hot Seat, Oklahoma lawmakers are sounding the alarm on vaccine hesitancy amid a surge in measles cases nationwide, while also addressing concerns over potential Medicaid cuts and the state's struggling education system.

Officials at Wayside Elementary School in Bartlesville said custodians completed a deep cleaning to prevent spread of the highly contagious disease.

Latest data shows significant rise in parents sending kindergarteners to school without the required measles vaccine.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health said there is no measles in Oklahoma, and the individual in Bartlesville was positive for the IgG immunity.

Oklahoma's health officials are monitoring a measles outbreak from Texas, emphasizing vaccination for children and cautioning families about potential risks.

While a measles outbreak in west Texas rages on, smaller reports of cases are popping up in the Texas panhandle.On Sunday, the Dallam-Hartley County Hospital Di

Oklahoma's first measles case of the year has been confirmed by Bartlesville Public School officials.On Tuesday, Bartlesville Public School officials announces

Oklahoma doctors have been preparing for a potential measles outbreak as bordering states have seen an increase in cases.

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As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has leaned heavily on treatment with vitamin A, as well as “good results” from the use of the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) released additional information for the public on Wednesday after announcing there is no cases of measles in Oklahoma.