A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children. Gaines County, which borders New Mexico, ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued guidance to schools as the measles outbreak in Gaines County rises ...

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Fears of an increasing measles outbreak among children are rising in Texas, as most of the population is reportedly ...

According to the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Rule §97.7, schools and childcare settings shall exclude unimmunized ...

With an additional four measles cases reported late Thursday, we have an outbreak on the South Plains. So who is at risk? And ...

Public health practitioners warn such outbreaks will become more common because of scores of laws around the U.S. that ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a health alert warning of an outbreak, saying there are at least 10 confirmed cases.

Both children were hospitalized in Lubbock and later discharged ... severe complications if they get infected with the measles virus," the Texas health officials wrote in a Jan. 30 release.

officials reported two measles cases in unvaccinated, school-age children in Gaines County, which sits at the border of New Mexico and is around 90 miles southwest of Lubbock, Texas. Both children ...