For a community to be protected against contagious diseases, enough residents need to be vaccinated to provide “herd immunity ...

The People’s Voice cited South Plains Public Health District vaccination clinics held Feb. 6 and 7 in Gaines County. On Feb. 5, the Texas state health department confirmed Gaines had six cases of ...

The number of confirmed measles cases in western Texas grew to 146, and it is possibly spreading to the central part of the ...

DALLAS (AP) — The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in an outbreak that led this week to the death of ...

On the Texas A&M campus right outside Rudder Tower stands a symbol of progress: a statue of Matthew Gaines. Born into slavery ...

A paramedic administers a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center in Lubbock, Texas, Feb. 27, 2025. The West Texas ...

Gaines County schools have among the lowest vaccination rates in Texas. The measles outbreak there is a portent for the rest ...

Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades, as cases have jumped from two to 146 in just one month. A child is ...

Lea County, New Mexico, is now reporting an outbreak of measles, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and one death has largely been linked to a local Mennonite community.