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.

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.

With growing cases of measles in Texas and Lubbock reporting the states first death, local health officials hosted a news conference offering updates.

The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between providers makes testing people and transporting samples difficult.

Health officials say West Texas now has almost 200 measles cases and New Mexico's case number has tripled to 30. The case counts were updated on Friday.

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 ...

Texas measles cases continue to rise as New Mexico reports the first death in the state from a county bordering Texas. Here is what we know.