INDIANOLA - An Indianola native has been appointed to head to Mississippi Historical Society. Doctor Roscoe Barnes the third ...

Statement: A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.” More than 140 people in Texas have contracted ...

Texas measles cases continued to rise this month, and New Mexico is reporting the first measles-related death in the state from a county bordering Texas. On Thursday, the New Mexico Department of ...

The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd immunity. How a measles outbreak overwhelmed a small West Texas town ...

SEMINOLE, Texas — Last Saturday ... director of the South Plains Public Health District, which includes Gaines County, he dropped by to check on how many shots the crew had given out so far ...

As of Friday, most of the measles cases – 137 – were centered in Gaines County, about 400 miles ... regulated,” according to the Texas State Historical Association. Many of the families ...

The number of measles cases has risen to 198 as the historical ... were centered in Gaines County, about 400 miles west of Dallas on the New Mexico border. Last week, Texas officials reported ...

The outbreak has sickened nearly 200 people in Gaines County, Texas. A neighboring county in New Mexico has seen 21 new cases since Tuesday. By Teddy Rosenbluth A raging measles outbreak in West ...

Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes of ...

The Texas measles outbreak continues to grow as state officials on Tuesday reported an increase in cases across the state, with Gaines County surpassing 100 cases. On Tuesday, the Texas Department ...