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Texas measles outbreak 2025: Health officials confirm 505 cases in state
State health officials reported 24 new measles cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of reported cases to 505.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Gaines County after second child measles death
After the second child death was confirmed by officials due to the West Texas Measels outbreak. Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, ...
RFK Jr makes Texas stop to visit family of 6-year-old measles victim, push MMR vaccine
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in Texas on Sunday to visit the family of a 6-year-old girl who died in February after ...
RFK Jr. visits measles-stricken families in Texas, says MMR vaccine is ‘most effective way to prevent the spread’
The U.S. Secretary of Health visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after death of second child who was infected.
Response to multistate measles outbreak hampered by unique set of challenges
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas for the second time this year, as an ongoing ...
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Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust
Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.
The rise and fall (and rise again?) of measles in the United States
The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...
Measles vaccination rate may be even lower than estimated, leaving kids vulnerable amid outbreak
As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, a new analysis finds that nearly a third of young ...