Since 2018, the requests to the Texas Department of State Health Services for an exemption form have doubled from 45,900 to more than 93,000 in 2024. A spokeswoman for the agency, Lara Anton ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services canceled its biennial immunization conference amid uncertainty over the ability ...

The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years.

At least 49 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable ...

Multiple outbreaks of the measles have been reported so far this year, with one outbreak in Texas ballooning from six cases to 48 in just over a week.

Texas has reported 24 cases of measles as of Tuesday. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 22 of the ...

The 18% vaccine exemption rate for the county is one of the highest in the state, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. At the state level, vaccine exemptions were ...

Some of the cases appear to be connected to private religious schools in the district, said the health director, who cautioned that the investigation is ongoing.

Email: [email protected] An outbreak of measles cases in Texas has hit double digits prompting the Texas Department of State Health Services ... number of vaccine exemption requests has ...

With the combined tax rate compression and increased homestead exemption, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick estimated it would cost about $32.2 billion for the state. Last session, Texas lawmakers passed and ...

But the Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed the first cases of measles in the state since 2023. Health officials report two cases in Houston and one confirmed case in a child ...