Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland.

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

Close-knit religious community claims it has been made a scapegoat for wider issue of anti-vax sentiment in rural West Texas ...

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

The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community ... 30 minutes west of Seminole, nine measles cases with no clear connection to the Texas outbreak, rattled doctors and parents.

SEMINOLE, Texas (KXXV) — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service.

The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd ...