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Nine of those infected were hospitalized and more cases are likely, health authorities said. U.S. vaccination rates for ...

Texas health officials have confirmed 24 total cases of measles in Gaines County and a new case in Terry County on Tuesday. Here's what we know.

A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children. Gaines County, which borders New Mexico, ...

New numbers have been released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in an update on the measles o ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is warning residents about a recent measles outbreak in Gaines County. So far, there have been 24 people in ...

(HealthDay News) — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting an outbreak of measles in Gaines County. All cases have been identified among unvaccinated school-aged children who ...

GAINES COUNTY, Texas — Measles cases in Gaines County have risen to 24 Tuesday, according to the Texas Department of State ...

Public health authorities said Tuesday that an outbreak of measles in western Texas has expanded, while a new case was ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services said there were 24 cases of measles in Gaines County on Tuesday, Feb. 11. All of the cases are unvaccinated residents of the ...

The measles outbreak in Gaines County has now reached 15 confirmed cases, from what the South Plains Public Health District ...

Public health practitioners warn such outbreaks will become more common because of scores of laws around the U.S. that ...