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With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.

A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children. Gaines County, which borders New Mexico, ...

The measles outbreak in Gaines County has now reached 15 confirmed cases, from what the South Plains Public Health District ...

A rapid rise in and around rural Gaines County on the border with New Mexico has seen 14 confirmed and six probable cases.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said on Friday there have been ten confirmed cases of measles in Gaines County.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting 10 cases of measles in Gaines County. Seven of the patients have ...

OAXACA, MEXICO—According to a Newsweek report, Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of McGill University and his colleagues spotted the remains of more than 1,000 structures built by the Zapotec in ...

State policies on education are taking a toll on Texas educators. A recent survey from the Texas American Federation of Teachers, or Texas AFT, found an "overwhelming majority" of Texas teachers ...

Joanna Gaines is opening up about the inspiration behind her brand-new children's book — and what she hopes her audiences will learn and take with them after reading it. Speaking with PEOPLE ...

Joanna Gaines is gearing up for the release of a new ... massive 40-acre farmhouse home in Waco, Texas, where they have a greenhouse, several majestic spaces for entertaining, expansive farms ...

A Travis County judge ruled the bill unconstitutional after San Antonio and other cities sued to overturn it. Higher courts have yet to rule on the Texas Attorney general’s appeal. None of the ...