By Chad Terhune (Reuters) -As a measles outbreak spreads across West Texas, Dr. Ana Montanez is fighting an uphill battle to convince some parents that vitamin A - touted by vaccine critics as effective against the highly contagious virus - will not protect their children.

Lubbock Public Health has urged families with unvaccinated kids to get the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Vaccine due to rising cases of measles in the region.

Lubbock Public Health will be hosting a free MMR vaccine clinic as cases continue to rise and Texas reporting its first death in Lubbock last week.

Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas confirmed the state's first measles-related death, an unvaccinated school-aged child. Texas is experiencing a measles outbreak with 124 reported ...

Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The measles outbreak ... has one of the highest rates in Texas of school-aged children who opt out of at least one required vaccine, with nearly 14% of K-12 ...

In a statement, Lubbock city and Texas health officials confirmed the patient ... The CDC recommends getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine according to the immunization schedule. Ideally, children between ...

The COVID-19 vaccine has prompted more than 10 times as many reports of adverse symptoms than the measles vaccine.