The child who died in the outbreak is the first U.S. death from the highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease since 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

The number of measles cases in Lea County remained unchanged Friday, but public health officials said that could change.

A paramedic administers a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center in Lubbock, Texas, Feb. 27, 2025. The West Texas ...

Austin Public Health on Friday announced Austin's first measles case during a statewide outbreak after an infant tested ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week dismissed the measles outbreak in West Texas that killed an ...

Kahn says the measles vaccination has been a victim of its own success. “The vast majority of people have never seen a case ...

On the Texas A&M campus right outside Rudder Tower stands a symbol of progress: a statue of Matthew Gaines. Born into slavery ...

For a community to be protected against contagious diseases, enough residents need to be vaccinated to provide “herd immunity ...

As an outbreak of measles continues to spread in west Texas and New Mexico, many people are wondering, how bad could it get?

With Texas measles cases in 146 cases along with the death of a child, health officials are urging individuals to receive MMR ...