A measles outbreak has occurred in the South Plains region of Texas, primarily affecting Gaines County with 45 confirmed cases, while Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum counties report a few cases ...

DSHS has also confirmed measles cases in Terry County (exact number unknown). Gaines County has one of the lowest childhood vaccination rates in Texas. In the 2023-2024 school year, Gaines County ...

read what looked like a headline screenshot featured in a Feb. 19 Facebook post. “Gaines County, Texas, is experiencing a staggering 2,042% spike in measles cases — right after a public ...

For a community to be protected against contagious diseases, enough residents need to be vaccinated to provide “herd immunity.” ...

The Texas measles outbreak continues to grow as state officials on Tuesday reported an increase in cases across the state, with Gaines County surpassing 100 cases. On Tuesday, the Texas Department ...

On Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported 223 cases across the state since the virus was first reported in Gaines County. As of March 11, local and state officials have ...

That is up from 163 on Tuesday. Most of those cases, 198, are in West Texas, including 138 in Gaines County. Travis County still only has one case, an infant that was too young to be vaccinated ...

Of those, 23 patients are hospitalized. As of Friday, most of the measles cases – 137 – were centered in Gaines County, about 400 miles west of Dallas on the New Mexico border. Last week ...