Texas' largest measles outbreak in decades has subsided, but the state could see another in the future unless vaccination ...

Gaines County, the epicenter of the massive Texas measles outbreak that began in January, no longer has ongoing measles ...

Texas health officials on Tuesday said the county at the center of the state's measles outbreak is no longer classified as an ...

A new county has joined the outbreak list this week. The Department of State Health Services confirmed four outbreak-linked ...

The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid ...

Measles is a disease caused by the virus Morbillivirus hominis. It’s an RNA virus in the family Paramyxoviridae—meaning it’s ...

GAINES COUNTY, TX (NEWS RELEASE) - The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in Gaines County. At this time, 10 cases have been identified with symptom onset ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed six cases of measles in Gaines County, with others being investigated in the surrounding counties. This has caused DSHS to confirm that ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention count, updated Wednesday, is 14 more cases than in all of 2019, when the ...

Gaines County has one of the highest rates in Texas of school-aged children who opt out of at least one required vaccine, with nearly 14% of K-12 children in the 2023-24 school year.

GAINES COUNTY, Texas — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has reported an outbreak of Measles in Gaines County Wednesday, with six cases being discovered.

Gaines County has one of the highest rates in Texas of school-aged children who opt out of at least one required vaccine: Nearly 14% of children from kindergarten through grade 12 had an exemption ...