In West Texas' measles outbreak, families forgo conventional medicine along with vaccines. As the outbreak rages, unproven remedies like cod liver oil are being distributed free by some doctors.

The Texas Department of State Health Services says three new measles cases have been detected in the last week in connection ...

The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in West Texas has grown to 58, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.. Most of the cases are centered in Gaines County, which ...

As the measles outbreak continues in West Texas and two neighboring states, The Dallas Morning News will keep this page updated every Tuesday with information on confirmed cases.

The measles outbreak in West Texas is linked with cases in New Mexico, officials said Tuesday, as well as new cases reported in Oklahoma. This brings the total number of cases to 258 across three ...

On April 11, the three states involved in the West Texas outbreak reported a total of 611 cases. It’s not clear if all of those had been reported to the CDC as of its April 10 update. Advertisement ...

An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas, officials said, marking the first fatality from the disease in the U.S. since 2015. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS ...

As a West Texas measles outbreak continues to worsen, experts are concerned an increase in nonmedical vaccine exemptions among schoolchildren could make such outbreaks more common. Twenty-four ...

The outbreak originated in Gaines County, a small West Texas county, in January. A health alert was issued by the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Jan. 23.

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

The same is true at the national level, CDC data shows. In Gaines County, the epicenter of the West Texas outbreak, only around 82% of kindergarteners were vaccinated for measles in the 2023-24 ...

West Texas Measles Outbreak: First Death of Unvaccinated Child. Published Feb 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM EST Updated Feb 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM EST. By .