Inside the perfect storm of the deadly measles outbreak in Texas
Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes of which this state hasn’t seen in more than 30 years.
The Texas measles outbreak continues to grow as state officials report an increase in cases across the state as Gaines County ...
As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...
A Miami high schooler came down with measles, a doctor said Tuesday. It's the first known case of measles in Florida.
Pediatricians and public health experts said they’ve seen a surge in requests for “bonus” doses of measles immunization ...
The reason that we don’t get hundreds of cases like we did way in the past, before vaccination, is because of vaccination.” ...
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Measles is a disease that should be a relic of the past with vaccination. But now a child is dead from a disease that is entirely preventable.
Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 ...
As neighboring states like Texas continue to see spikes in measles cases, doctors in Oklahoma are on high alert. “The thing about measles is it’s just so contagious,” Cook said. It’s also dangerous as ...
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