Recent cuts by the Trump administration have pulled billions of dollars in COVID-19 related funding—$2 billion of it slated for immunization programs for various diseases.

With cuts at the Centers for Disease Control, Texas and other states will have to spend more on public health. The biggest expense of a measles outbreak is the public health response in shutting down the outbreak.

With two measles deaths - both children - in the state, officials struggle to convince communities to vaccinate.