There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the the disease was declared eliminated a quarter ...

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As of July 1, 753 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas, with 53 cases in Lubbock County and 414 cases in Gaines ...

There have been 1,227 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

Counties with ongoing measles transmission include Gaines, Lamar and Lubbock. At 413 cases, Gaines County is still home to a vast majority of the outbreak. Terry County follows at 60 cases.

Overall, 742 Texas residents contracted measles, including 411 people in Gaines County, which saw the most cases in the state, along with Terry County, Lubbock County and El Paso County.

Large outbreaks such as the one that began in Gaines County, however, pose a threat to the country's elimination status. Vaccination is the best way to stem the spread of measles.

CDC officials have identified 10 measles outbreaks nationwide. The largest began in a close-knit community with low vaccination rates in Texas’ Gaines County, adjacent to New Mexico.

Measles is most actively spreading in pockets of Texas where vaccination rates fall below 95%, the threshold needed to build herd immunity. Gaines County’s kindergarten vaccination rate is about ...

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas' still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who ...