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

The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between ...

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

Three months in, Texas has already reported more measles cases in 2025 than in any other full year since 1992.

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 ...

Using these little bumps, called fusion proteins, measles enters white blood cells and makes copies of itself. As the white ...

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.

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 ...

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this ...

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