Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping ...
A recent resurgence of measles has people worried about health. An outbreak has now infected more than 120 people in Texas.
With spring break just weeks away, Texas Tech students are gearing up for all sorts of travel destinations, but campus health officials are worried with people traveling due to the rising numbers ...
Here are five things to know about measles. Measles is a highly contagious virus that can cause serious illness. One in nine people who are exposed to the measles virus will become infected if they ...
The outbreak is concentrated in a "close-knit, undervaccinated", Texas health department spokesperson Lara Anton said. The ...
Before there was a vaccine in 1963, measles infected millions and killed hundreds of people in the U.S. every year. Now, with ...
An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas, officials said, marking the first fatality from the disease in the U.S. since 2015. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) ...
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AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The first measles death has been confirmed in Lubbock as cases continue to spread around the Texas ...
The child, who was not vaccinated against the disease, died overnight in a children's hospital in Lubbock, Texas.
Pediatrician Dr. Stephanie Villarreal said she doesn't want the public to panic about the measles cases that have popped up in the region, but she does want them to take it seriously. "If there are ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that ...