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 ...

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

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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, 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 ...

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 ...

LUBBOCK, TX (NEWS RELEASE) - The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has confirmed six cases of measles in Gaines County and there are cases under investigation in surrounding counties.

A week after the first case of measles was reported in West Texas in recent memory, Lynn County has reported its first measles case, making it the third case in the region. The announcement came ...