The county has one of the highest vaccine exemption rates among school-aged children in Texas, with nearly 14% opting out of at least one required dose last school year, AP reported. A challenge with the Gaines outbreak is that many people have limited ...

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.

Kennedy said vaccines can protect children and contribute to community immunity, but the decision should still be parents'. Abbott hasn't mentioned them.

The measles outbreak is growing in West Texas, but neither U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nor Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are rushing to tell people to get the vaccine to stop the spread of the highly contagious respiratory illness.

In 2021, Dallas megachurch The Potter’s House was a mass vaccination site for the COVID-19 vaccine. Texas is facing a measles outbreak, with nearly 160 cases across the state as of Tuesday ...

One dose of the MMR vaccine is typically given at 12 to 15 ... Last year, there were 284 measles cases in the U.S. and none in Texas. The last big outbreak was in 2019, when the U.S. had 1,274 ...

according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable respiratory illness; 90% of people who are exposed to somebody with the virus will ...

The Texas measles outbreak continues to grow as state officials on Tuesday reported an increase in cases across the state, with Gaines County surpassing 100 cases. On Tuesday, the Texas Department ...