In Lubbock, federal grants helped hire workers to help with measles testing, vaccination to combat the outbreak that has spread to 15 counties.
The Texas measles outbreak continues to grow as health officials report 70 new cases in the state, with 400 total cases.
Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for ...
States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction ...
The director of public health for the city of Lubbock said Tuesday that uptake of the measles vaccine “has definitely been a ...
The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling tens of billions of dollars in federal grants that state and local ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health and 97 local public health departments had $125 million in funding pulled, money ...
With measles cases still increasing across the region and state, health officials in Lubbock urge people to seek medical care quickly if they think they, or a family member, has measles regardless of ...
"Measles is highly, highly contagious, and the most important thing for our community to understand is that most of us aren't really going to be impacted by this," said Katherine Wells, director of ...
Federal health officials said they are cutting $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public health departments.
The measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma may continue for up to a year, Katherine Wells, DrPH, director of Lubbock Public Health in Texas, said in a press briefing March 18. During the ...