The city of Seminole is the seat of Gaines County, Texas, and the epicenter of the current measles outbreak. It’s located in a vast, flat region filled with ranchers and peanut and cotton farmers.

9 hospitalizations 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 ...

The ongoing measles outbreak in Texas’ South Plains region is now ... The vast majority of the cases are from residents of Gaines County about 350 miles west of Dallas, where the outbreak ...

Texas state officials first issued the Health Alert earlier this month after several cases of measles were reported in Gaines County ... The National Park Service has removed references to ...

Seminole’s Mennonite community generally take religious exemptions from vaccinations. This has left them, and especially the ...

A rapidly growing measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas ... should get tested at the mobile screening unit in Seminole, Texas. "Measles is a serious yet preventable disease," added Dr. Jamie ...

The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday.

Gaines County has one of the lowest childhood vaccination rates in Texas. In the 2023-2024 school year, Gaines County had the lowest kindergarten MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination rate ...

Measles cases in Gaines County have risen to 42 Friday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). In the last three weeks, 42 cases have accumulated. According to DSHS on ...

At least 24 cases of measles have been detected in Gaines County, Texas, the state’s Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said this week as it warned that additional cases were likely ...