Despite an unvaccinated child’s death, local residents in West Texas say personal choice—not public-health policy—should ...

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

Using these little bumps, called fusion proteins, measles enters white blood cells and makes copies of itself. As the white ...

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

The measles outbreak in West Texas has soared to 198 cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Friday.

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has increased to 159 -- an increase of 13 cases in the past ...

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.

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SEMINOLE — 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. Sitting elbow ...

A health worker administers a measles test on Fernando Tarin, of Seagraves, Texas, at a mobile testing site outside Seminole Hospital District, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. Julio Cortez/AP ...