North Texas monitors West Texas measles outbreak, local hospitals ready for potential cases
North Texas health officials said they are keeping a close eye on the spread in outbreak communities and have plans in place ...
With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles
Now, as the state’s largest measles outbreak in three decades sickens an increasing number of Texans in the South Plains region, the Lynn County Hospital District, where Richburg serves as the chief ...
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West Texas measles cases rise to 198. Here is what you need to know.
The number of measles cases has risen to 198 as the historical outbreak continues to rage on in West Texas, according to state officials on Friday. Of those, 23 patients are hospitalized.
Child in West Texas is first US measles death in a decade
The first measles death in the growing outbreak in West Texas was a school-aged child. The child was unvaccinated and had ...
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First measles death reported in West Texas outbreak was unvaccinated child, officials say
LUBBOCK, Texas — A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. The Texas Department of State ...
Doctors push back as parents embrace Kennedy and vitamin A in Texas measles outbreak
Dr. Ana Montanez is working overtime in Lubbock to contact vaccine-hesitant parents, explaining the grave risks posed by a ...
North Texas health departments look to add measles testing to labs
With measles continuing to spread in Texas, health officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are looking to add testing centers ...
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How physicians should talk to parents of unvaccinated children who have contracted measles
What physician Adam Ratner learned when talking to the parents of unvaccinated children who contracted measles during the ...