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In the wake of the 2025 measles outbreak and lingering vaccine hesitancy, here are 5 things to know about the safety, efficacy, myths, and more related to childhood vaccinations.

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

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

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