The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd ...

The measles outbreak in West Texas has soared to 198 cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Friday.

As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has increased to 159 -- an increase of 13 cases in the past ...

Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland.

The number of measles cases in Gaines County, the epicenter of the outbreak, has grown to 137, 30 more than the cases ...

SEMINOLE — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service. Sitting elbow ...

Kannon Ogle and Cael Bingham combined on a three-hitter to lead Greenwood to a 3-1 win over Levelland and finish the West ...

Many doctors have never seen measles in person. The Texas outbreak is reshaping how health systems prepare for drops in vaccinations.

A health worker administers a measles test on Fernando Tarin, of Seagraves, Texas, at a mobile testing site outside Seminole Hospital District, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. Julio Cortez/AP ...

SEMINOLE, Texas — Last Saturday, Zach Holbrooks walked into a mobile measles screening and vaccine clinic he had helped set up. As the executive director of the South Plains Public Health ...

Seminole is like a village ... an associate professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas. Given how contagious measles is, he said, the importance of identifying ...