The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

The CDC estimated that Utah children who have received all of the mandated vaccines, including MMR, required for kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year was 88.8%. That’s compared to 88.3% for Colorado, 91% for North Dakota, 90.8% for South Dakota and 93.5% for Wyoming. Montana data is not available.

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 198, according to new data released Friday.

The number of people sickened by measles in Texas and New Mexico has surpassed 200, more than doubling over the past two weeks, state health officials said. The Texas outbreak, which has been spreading through the South Plains region since late January,