Houston Public Media2d
Houston Health Department tracking wastewater plants for measles as West Texas outbreak grows
The city is monitoring 36 wastewater treatment plants and 48 manholes across Houston for measles. It's also tracking school ...
Yahoo2d
West Texas measles cases rise to 223. Here is what you need to know.
The number of measles cases has risen to 223 as the historical outbreak continues to rage on in West Texas, according to state officials on Tuesday. Of those, 29 patients are hospitalized.
CBS News2d
Texas child is first reported measles death in U.S. as outbreak spreads
A child who was hospitalized with measles has died from the illness in West Texas, state and local health officials announced Wednesday, Feb. 26. It is the first death in a measles outbreak ...
Texas Public Radio7d
How a measles outbreak overwhelmed a small West Texas town
He's been setting up mobile testing and vaccination sites; he said this remote part of West Texas has a large immigrant ...
KTIV1d
Siouxland District Health recommends people check to make sure they are vaccinated for measles
Siouxland District Health says that measles is always a concern when there is an outbreak somewhere in the country because ...
Should you wear a mask to protect yourself from measles?
The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine remains the best tool to protect yourself, with two doses being 97% effective at preventing ...
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
P eter greeted me in the mostly empty gravel parking lot of a Mennonite church on the outskirts of Seminole, a small city in ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN4d
With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles
The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between ...