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Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since ...

As a doctor and retired Republican congressman, I urge our leaders to double down on life-saving preventive medicine.

As the state faces a multimillion dollar measles outbreak in West Texas, the House Public Health Committee passes HB 1586 ...

The bill would allow parents to download a vaccine exemption form. Republicans said it was a simple change, but Democrats ...

With two confirmed measles cases in Travis County and a large outbreak in West Texas, do you need a measles booster? Here's ...

Tarrant County, Texas reports its first two measles cases, advising caution and vaccination due to the contagious nature of ...

Two children have died, and 92 people have been hospitalized with measles since the start of the outbreak in late January, ...

The outbreak that originated in Texas has spread into multiple states. And, the summer will be the real test of how much ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has confirmed seven new cases of measles since the last update on ...

There have been 1,001 confirmed cases of measles across 30 states so far this year, according to the latest update from the ...