Health officials said 259 cases have been identified since late January, up from the 223 cases reported earlier this week.
In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.
Four additional cases of measles have been confirmed in North Texas as the outbreak in West Texas continues to spread.
The Texas measles outbreak continues to grow as state officials report an increase in cases across the state as Gaines County ...
Three months into 2025, the United States has surpassed the total number of measles cases in the country for all of last year ...
Measles cases have made their way into Northeast Texas, and officials are speaking out about how the disease can be prevented ...
In Gaines County, Texas, where a measles outbreak has killed one six-year-old and one adult, the measles vaccination rate ...
Half of the newly reported cases are in Gaines County, about 80 miles southwest of Lubbock, which has been the epicenter of ...
In Gaines County, Texas, where a measles outbreak has killed one six-year-old and one adult, the measles vaccination rate among kindergarteners is just 82 per cent, according to reporting by ...
The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 259, according to new data released ...
The vast majority of this year’s cases have been in Texas, nearly all of them in people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.
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