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Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated

Some great news came out of Texas this week. Great, that is, if you happen to be one of the better-known viral diseases. Measles is going gangbusters, and in cases at the Covenant Children’s hospital in Lubbock, now comes as a twofer with liver poisoning caused by elevated levels of…

Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could spend the money.

Federal grants paid for workers to help with measles testing and vaccination in Lubbock and were going to help equip a Dallas lab to test for pathogens, including measles.

Ohio, Maryland and Alabama among states to report new cases, with 378 confirmed in first few months of 2025

Two people have died in outbreak in Gaines county, and doctors fear the spread of the extremely contagious disease

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly 150 people, most of them unvaccinated. A school-age child has died. The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where government mandates are not trusted.

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping Texas’ measles response.

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.

A mixed-status family was driving to Walmart when a Lubbock officer stopped them and called ICE.