The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd ...

Despite an unvaccinated child’s death, local residents in West Texas say personal choice—not public-health policy—should ...

Many doctors have never seen measles in person. The Texas outbreak is reshaping how health systems prepare for drops in ...

Gaines County, which includes Seminole ... about an hour away. The small towns of West Texas may look completely isolated on a map, with little between them beyond oil and gas facilities and ...

SEMINOLE, Texas — Last Saturday ... director of the South Plains Public Health District, which includes Gaines County, he dropped by to check on how many shots the crew had given out so far ...