Public health professor Erin Carlson says increasing vaccinations is key to containing state’s largest outbreak in 30 years ...

The measles vaccine uses a weakened virus that's never been shown to spread to others. Samples from the outbreak in Texas ...

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A surge of measles cases in Texas has raised alarms in Brazos County. Local health officials say it only takes one case for ...

In Lubbock, federal grants helped hire workers to help with measles testing, vaccination to combat the outbreak that has ...

Texas has reported 327 measles cases, including 40 hospitalizations. One unvaccinated school-aged child has died as a result of measles.

As isolated reports of measles spread beyond the Texas-centric hotspot, health officials gear up for new cases while others report an uptick in vaccinations. In West Texas, where cases top 327, some ...

The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 327 cases confirmed, according to new data published Tuesday ...

Unfortunately, there have been two deaths reported with this outbreak. The first death from the disease in over a decade. The first death was of an unvaccinated child. The second was from a possible ...

As students return to school following spring break, Texas measles cases are continuing to grow with health officials warning ...

The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 18 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the ...