Measles | Texas DSHS - Texas Department of State Health …
Feb 21, 2025 · The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. Due to the highly contagious nature of this …
Texas measles outbreak: Answering questions about vaccines …
2 days ago · The measles outbreak in Texas has quickly grown to 146 cases. One child has died. ... A health worker prepares a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center in Lubbock, …
Texas announces first death in measles outbreak
5 days ago · The best way to prevent getting sick is to be immunized with two doses of a measles-containing vaccine, which is primarily administered as the combination measles …
How the Texas measles outbreak began: See graphics on vaccine …
4 days ago · Gaines, which has three school districts that are all public, has an abnormally high conscientious vaccine exemption rate of 13.6% in grades K-12, one of the highest in Texas, …
Boosters, symptoms, herd immunity: Everything to know about the measles …
5 days ago · From The Texas Newsroom:. Texas is facing the country’s largest measles outbreak in decades. One person has died, state health officials confirmed Wednesday, and 124 cases …
What to know about measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico …
Feb 18, 2025 · The MMR vaccine is safe and highly effective in preventing measles infection and severe cases of the disease. The first shot is recommended for children between 12 and 15 …
Health officials urge vaccination as Texas measles outbreak …
6 days ago · Texas is in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in decades, with 90 cases across 7 counties. ... or measles-mumps-rubella, vaccine with the first dose at 12 to 15 months …
As Texas measles outbreak grows, parents are choosing to …
5 days ago · As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their children are now lining up to get their kids the MMR shots. At least 124 …
Should adults get a booster shot of measles and other childhood vaccines?
Feb 22, 2025 · In Texas, at least 90 cases of measles have been reported in recent weeks across the northwest part of that state. The protective elements of a few routine childhood …
In Texas Measles Outbreak, Signs of a Riskier Future for Children
3 days ago · Dr. Leila Myrick, a family medicine physician at the Seminole Memorial Hospital in West Texas, examining 2-year-old Yazlynn Gutierrez, who was in between doses of the …