As of Tuesday, 24 cases were identified in Gaines County, with nine patients hospitalized. All of the cases are unvaccinated, ...
Measles, one of the world’s most contagious infectious diseases, can cause serious complications – such as blindness, ...
A measles outbreak is happening in Texas, and more cases are likely to occur due to how quickly the disease spreads, according to the Texas Health and Human Services Dept. As of Tuesday ...
Health officials expect a measles outbreak in West Texas to exceed 100 cases because of low vaccine rates and undetected ...
Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments ...
At least 58 cases of measles have been reported in West Texas within the last three weeks — marking the largest outbreak in the state in close to 30 years. The dozens of reported cases have mostly ...
Measles outbreaks are hitting Texas and New Mexico. Here's what you should know about the highly contagious virus.
This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Rekha Lakshmanan, chief strategy officer for The Immunization Partnership in Houston, a ...
There is no specific antiviral therapy for measles, but some of the complications associated with the illness can be treated. “There is unfortunately no treatment for measles,” Stockwell wrote ...
There are now 90 confirmed measles cases across the South Plains and Permian Basin, according to State Health Services.