The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.

See map of cases per county. Brandi D. Addison. USA TODAY NETWORK. A fast-growing measles outbreak in West Texas has nearly doubled in just one week, ... Gaines - 57 cases (up from 42) Lubbock - 1 ...

Terry County follows with 20 cases while Dawson, Ector, Lubbock, Lynn and Yoakum Counties, have fewer than 10 cases each. Of the 90 cases, 26 involve children aged 0-4, while 51 are in those aged ...

Gaines County, the epicenter of the massive Texas measles outbreak that began in January, no longer has ongoing measles transmission, public health officials said on Tuesday.. The Department of ...

A person from Gaines County in West Texas toured Texas State University on February 14. It was later confirmed on Saturday, February 22, that the visitor had measles, according to a statement from ...

GAINES COUNTY. State statistics gathered for the 2023-2024 school year show 13.6% of Gaines County schoolchildren have a “conscientious exemption” to at least one required vaccine.

On January 30, officials reported two measles cases in unvaccinated, school-age children in Gaines County, which sits at the border of New Mexico and is around 90 miles southwest of Lubbock, Texas.