HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, is voicing support for the measles vaccine amid a deadly outbreak, mainly in Texas.
More measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas.
The West Texas measles outbreak continues to see more confirmed cases and, on Wednesday, the outbreak's first death. Weather could play a role.
The Houston Health Department is hosting a free vaccination clinic on Saturday amid a measles outbreak in northwest Texas. The clinic will offer the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to eligible children and adults from 10 a.
The United Family pharmacies will be offering the MMR vaccine to protect against measles to local Texas communities. Here is what we know.
LUBBOCK, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — Una persona en el oeste de Texas que fue hospitalizada con sarampión ha fallecido, la primera muerte en un brote que comenzó a fines del mes pasado. La portavoz del Centr
The Mexia Independent School District reported on its Facebook page they had a confirmed case of measles, which the health department later said was not the case.
Nearly a month after the first reported case of measles in the South Plains, health officials have confirmed the first death due to the outbreak.
As of Tuesday, there were 159 cases in West Texas. Houston and Harris County leaders are getting ready in case the outbreak makes it to Southeast Texas.
The state health department said vaccinations have dropped to the point where there is no longer community immunity.