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A growing outbreak of more than 120 measles cases that began in a West Texas community has health officials in Houston and ...
We're tracking measles cases across the state amid the largest measles outbreak in Texas in more than 30 years that has already left at least two school-aged children dead.. The recent surge in ...
The Texas Department of State Health Services says three new measles cases have been detected in the last week in connection ...
There were no new measles outbreak cases to report in Texas in the last week, and the number of counties on the Texas active ...
Health & Science Texas measles outbreak grows amid declining vaccination rates in Houston area, statewide. Harris County Public Health’s Dr. Ericka Brown says vaccines are the most effective way ...
The West Texas measles outbreak continues to see more confirmed cases and, on Wednesday, the outbreak's first death. Weather could play a role. Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...
There are guardrails in the U.S. health system intended to prevent recommended vaccines from being prohibitively expensive.
Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health ...
Travis County had the lowest percentage of kindergarteners with the measles vaccine — 89.6% — among Texas counties with at least 100,000 people, according to 2023-24 state data.
Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades, as cases have jumped from two to 146 in just one month. A child is dead, 20 more are hospitalized and the worst is likely still ahead, public ...
According to the Houston Health Department, the case at Hobby has no connection to any local measles cases. The HHD said those who were at Hobby Airport during the same time as the infected ...