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West, Texas and Measles

Amid West Texas measles outbreak, vaccine resistance hardens

When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of this rural West Texas community to beware of vaccinating their children. Two weeks later, her unvaccinated 7-year-old son came home from school with a fever.

CBS Texas on MSN · 1d

Dallas pediatrician cautions against anti-vaccine mindset: West Texas measles outbreak

The West Texas measles outbreak may be hundreds of miles away from Dallas/Fort Worth, but local experts caution that the anti-vaccine mindset that put that community at risk is already here. "So, I tell my patients,

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

An Unvaccinated Child Has Died From Measles. What to Know About the West Texas Outbreak

Here’s what to know about the outbreak after the first U.S. death since 2015 from the highly contagious—but preventable—respiratory disease.

NBC New York4d

First measles death reported in Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people

A person who was hospitalized with measles has died in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson ...

USA Today8d

Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, rising from 58 in just 3 days

The measles outbreak rapidly spreading across West Texas has grown, bringing the total number of cases up to 90 as of Friday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of State Health ...

CBS News2d

First measles death reported in Texas child 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 ...

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RFK Jr. said measles outbreaks are ‘not unusual’ in the US. Doctors say he’s wrong

When Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy answered questions during the first cabinet meeting of the ...

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