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With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measlesThe measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between providers makes testing people and transporting samples difficult.
Harris County officials outlined a plan to boost vaccination rates for measles and trace any potential cases in Houston—as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the federal government plans to combat the outbreak by shipping doses of vitamin A to Gaines County.
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Measles cases pass into New Mexico as Texas sees increases
West Texas reports nearly 200 measles cases. New Mexico is up to 30
Health officials say West Texas now has almost 200 measles cases and New Mexico’s case number has tripled to 30
Measles cases surge in Texas with latest update
HOUSTON — Texas health officials report that measles cases have jumped again in an update released Friday morning. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported that 198 measles cases in nine counties have been identified since late January. Twenty-three patients have been hospitalized.
Experts recommend that anyone not vaccinated against the measles should avoid large events like the Houston Rodeo amid an outbreak in northwest Texas.
Texas doctors said there's no harm in getting another measles vaccine if you don't know whether you were vaccinated as a child.
The Houston Health department is investigating two possible cases of measles in the city. The Houston rodeo plans to monitor the measles outbreak.
Dr. David Persse, HHD’s chief medical official, said he expects that more are getting their vaccine with their primary care physicians as West Texas outbreak grows.
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