With measles continuing to spread in Texas, health officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are looking to add testing centers ...
Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland.
The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd ...
The measles outbreak in West Texas has soared to 198 cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Friday.
The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has increased to 159 -- an increase of 13 cases in the past ...
As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week he would send Texas 2,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella ...
Many doctors have never seen measles in person. The Texas outbreak is reshaping how health systems prepare for drops in vaccinations.
SEMINOLE — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service. Sitting elbow ...
The number of measles cases in Gaines County, the epicenter of the outbreak, has grown to 107, nine more than the total reported four days prior.
By comparison, Texas and New Mexico had two-dose ... “We need to continue to be vigilant.” In Seminole, a wooden sign read “MEASLES TESTING” across from the local health department.
SEMINOLE, Texas — When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of this rural West Texas community to beware of vaccinating their children.