A new outbreak of measles has taken hold in Texas beginning at the end of January, when two cases were diagnosed in Harris County. The cases were the first in that state since 2023. Now, a little more than a month later, ...
Feb 27, 2025
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Measles is not often seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas.
Feb 27, 2025
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The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in Texas.
Feb 27, 2025
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A child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious—but preventable—respiratory disease since 2015.
Feb 26, 2025
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The measles outbreak that began in West Texas has now grown to well over 100 cases, with confirmed cases across Texas and New Mexico and possible exposures as far away as San Antonio and San Marcos.
Feb 26, 2025
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The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 124 cases across nine counties, the state health department said Tuesday, and 18 people are hospitalized.
Feb 25, 2025
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Plummeting immunization rates, outbreaks of once-vanquished childhood diseases, and the appointment of a vocal vaccine skeptic as health secretary have US experts sounding the alarm about a looming public health crisis.
Feb 25, 2025
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Lea County, New Mexico, is now reporting an outbreak of measles, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH). Lea County is near Gaines County, Texas, where measles cases continue to rise as part of the original ...
Feb 24, 2025
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In the landscape of public health, few stories are as compelling as the unexpected return of a disease we once thought was conquered. Measles, a highly contagious viral infection formally considered eliminated from Canada ...
Feb 24, 2025
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The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized.
Feb 22, 2025
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