People stand outside of a Mennonite church in Seminole where funeral services for Daisy Hildebrand, the second Texas child to die from the measles this year, were held. Hildebrand was 8. (Justin Rex ...
The West Texas measles outbreak has thankfully ended. Between late January and earlier this month, more than 760 Texans caught the preventable disease, 99 were hospitalized, and two children died.
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Monday officially declared an end to the state's deadly measles outbreak, though the vaccine-preventable disease is still spreading in neighboring ...
The statewide MMR vaccination rate among Texas kindergarteners was 94.3% in the ... and colleagues. Neighboring Gaines County, which was at the measles outbreak's epicenter, had an overall MMR ...
Texas health officials on Aug. 18 declared the end of a measles outbreak that had sickened more than 760 people across the state and killed two children. Doctors and public-health officials involved ...
The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized. In neighboring eastern New ...
As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — ...
(CNN) — The measles outbreak centered in West Texas – one of the largest and deadliest in centuries – has ended, state health officials announced on Monday. No new cases have been reported in the ...
Measles vaccination posters are shown in English and Spanish at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019. DALLAS — Texas’ measles outbreak — ...
If a person with measles is in the same room with 10 unvaccinated people, nine will be infected, researchers estimate. As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions ...