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 ...

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

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

Texas sees first measles cases since 2023, with confirmed cases in Harris and Lubbock counties, highlighting the importance ...

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.

Lubbock saw its first case of measles in 21 years last week and is among several Texas communities to see positive cases in Texas this month, including Harris County and Gaines County. This ...

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

TEXAS, USA — At least four cases of measles ... Wells said that the last measles case in Lubbock County was in 2004. Austin Public Health has also sent an alert about the potential measles ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - It doesn’t take a lot of cases to classify measles as an outbreak because it is so contagious, it spreads very quickly. With an additional four cases reported late Thursday, we ...