In addition to Texas and New Mexico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed measles cases in ...

As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...

A historic measles outbreak in West Texas is just short of 200 cases, Texas state health officials said Friday, while the ...

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly ... senior pastor at Community Church of Seminole, speaks to The Associated Press regarding the measles outbreak in Seminole on Friday, Feb.

A total of 159 people have contracted measles in Texas as of Tuesday, according to the state’s health department, marking another increase in an outbreak of the highly contagious virus that has ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has ...

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

The number of measles cases in Gaines County continues to climb as an outbreak plagues the West Texas region, according to state officials on Friday. Unrelated to that outbreak, Austin officials ...

secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the measles ... in Texas has risen from 0.76 percent in 2014 to 2.32 percent in 2024, The Associated Press reported, citing ...