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Lubbock County has seen a decrease in measles cases, with over 3,000 more MMR vaccines administered than expected, but health officials are still seeing a resurgence of measles across the US, Mexico, ...
Note: The above video shows the top headlines from the morning of August 12, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas — As the 2025–2026 school ...
Faced with a skeptical religious community at the center of the outbreak, health officials say they may have pushed too hard ...
An outbreak of measles in Texas has infected 124 people so far — 18 of whom have subsequently been hospitalized and one who ...
A measles outbreak originating in West Texas became the largest in the U.S. since 2000, exceeding a 2019 New York City outbreak with 762 cases.
Lubbock County in Texas has been free of measles cases for more than 50 days. But Katherine Wells, director of the Lubbock Health Department, is staying vigilant.
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all ...
As the number of Texas measles cases tied to a West Texas outbreak slows to a trickle, South Plains public health director Zach Holbrooks remembers the call from a colleague in an adjacent county ...
Statistically, up to three measles cases per every 1,000 measles results in death. Gaines had two deaths, which would indicate the number of infections were far greater than the 441 reported.
Signs inform people of measles prevention, vaccine and testing at the Gaines County Courthouse in Seminole on April 6, 2025. Credit: Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune By Terri Langford, The Texas ...