An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in ...

Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since ...

The measles outbreak centered in northwest Texas appeared to slow on Friday, as health officials reported just seven new ...

Texas’ measles outbreak that began in Gaines County in January has now expanded to 709 cases, officials said on Friday. The ...

With less than 5% of infected individuals in Texas vaccinated, health officials highlight the urgent need for increased ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has confirmed seven new cases of measles since the last update on ...

Since the measles outbreak began in West Texas, 87 people in Texas have been hospitalized, and two school-aged children have ...

None of the measles cases reported in Dallas-Fort Worth have been connected to the large outbreak that began in Gaines County ...

Two children have died, and 92 people have been hospitalized with measles since the start of the outbreak in late January, ...

The outbreak would have to spread continuously for more than a year to undo the U.S.’s achievement.

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More than 700 cases of measles have been confirmed in an outbreak across Texas, state health officials reported Tuesday, as other outbreaks of the highly contagious illness spread across dozens of ...