The People’s Voice cited South Plains Public Health District vaccination clinics held Feb. 6 and 7 in Gaines County. On Feb. 5, the Texas state health department confirmed Gaines had six cases of ...

The only way to prevent measles infection is with the measles, mumps and rubella (or MMR) vaccine, said Dr. Zachary Most, an ...

At about 10 a.m. Friday, local public health officials are set to give a briefing on the situation. SAN ANTONIO — The measles outbreak continues in West Texas as the number of positive cases has gone ...

Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...

Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low ...

The deadly return measles highlights growing gaps in immunization coverage across the US and globally, raising concerns among ...

Millions of birds have been killed, but critics say egg supplies remain too robust to justify the higher prices.

A child who was hospitalized with measles in Texas has died, state health officials said this week. It marks the first death ...

More cases of measles have been detected in Texas' South Plains region, according to an update from rhe Department of State Health Services on Friday. 146 cases of measles connected to that outbreak ...

Eighteen more cases of measles were reported in Gaines County, as of Friday. State officials confirmed this week an unvaccinated school-aged child died from measles in Lubbock.

The latest update comes two days after the first death was reported in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.

A few days after symptoms begin, an infected person may experience further symptoms. These may include a telltale rash, which breaks out as flat red spots on the face and then spreads down the neck ...