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Measles Update: DSHS head says 'We appear to be at the downward end of this curve'
Measles cases linked to the West Texas outbreak are flat at 742, with no new cases to report for the first time since January ...
How measles tore through a remote West Texas city
Anti-vaccine activists seized on a deadly outbreak in Seminole, setting off a battle between fringe doctors and mainstream ...
Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier
Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades. It has sickened more than 700 people in the ...
More measles exposures are happening at airports and tourist destinations. Here’s what travelers need to know
More than 1,100 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, and the highly contagious virus has put ...
How misinformation, medical skepticism impacted measles outbreak in small Texas town
A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, caused hundreds of children to be hospitalized and caused the death of two girls.
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Today on Texas Standard: The 89th Legislature is over – and so are lawmakers’ hopes for these bills
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas Department of State Health Services commissioner, joins the Standard with an update on efforts to ...
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A Texas Health Director’s View from Inside the Measles Crisis
There’s some thought that the Gaines County measles outbreak might be slowing down. However, we really don’t know how many ...
Texas among states reporting drop in measles vaccinations after COVID pandemic, study says
Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than ...