Measles, Texas

Measles outbreak spreads as health officials urge anyone who hasn't been vaccinated to get jabbed
Health officials have urged anyone in the area who hasn't been vaccinated, both adults and children to get a dose immediately due to the alarming rise in measles cases
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates. In late January, two school-age children from Gaines County were hospitalized with measles. Since an estimated 1 in 5 people with the disease end up in the hospital, the two cases suggested a larger outbreak.
Texas reports new measles outbreak in West Texas
The outbreak in Gaines County, with a population of about 22,000, has grown since two cases were reported in January. All those who contracted measles were unvaccinated, health officials said.
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties
On January 30, officials reported two measles cases in unvaccinated, school-aged children in Gaines County, which sits at the border of New Mexico and is around 90 miles southwest of Lubbock, Texas. Both children were hospitalized in Lubbock and had been discharged.
Texas Measles Outbreak Raises Alarm
After reportedly being eradicated from the U.S. in 2000, there were four times more outbreaks of measles in the U.S. in 2024 than in 2023, according to the CDC.
Lynn County confirms measles case in ER, third West Texas case in week
A week after the first case of measles was reported in West Texas in recent memory, Lynn County has reported its first case. Here is what we know.
Officials report measles outbreak in Texas county; cases up to 10
The Texas Department of State Health Services said on Friday there have been ten confirmed cases of measles in Gaines County. DSHS reported it as an outbreak of measles in the county.
Texas Measles Cases Hit County With Low Vaccination Rates
A rapid rise in and around rural Gaines County on the border with New Mexico has seen 14 confirmed and six probable cases.
Concertgoer infected with measles after attending Drake concert
A public health warning has been issued after a person infected with measles attended rapper superstar Drake’s Perth concert.
HEALTHWISE: Measles Makes a Comeback – Lubbock Doctor is Concerned
With an additional four measles cases reported late Thursday, we have an outbreak on the South Plains. So who is at risk? And ...
Texas Measles Cases Hit Double Digits as Outbreak Continues to Raise Alarm
The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a health alert warning of an outbreak, saying there are at least 10 confirmed cases.
Trump Considers Labeling Migrants a Measles, Tuberculosis Risk
Advisers have been searching for disease threats that would merit an emergency health law invoked during Trump’s first term ...
Milk won the battle against measles long before antibiotics and vaccines – Part 1
Measles was one of the deadliest infectious diseases for children prior to 1915. But in just two decades from 1915 in the UK, ...
Seminole Emergency Medical Service offering free measles screening from Feb. 10 through Feb. 14
Seminole Emergency Medical Service will be setting up UMC’s AMBUS to conduct free screening for measles next week, from ...
Doctor explains dangers of the measles virus, encourages vaccination
"The complications of measles, you know, could be anything from pneumonia requiring respiratory ventilation, to diarrhea, ...