The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with a total of 422, according to new data published Tuesday.

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Measles, a disease once consider eradicated by the United States in 2000, has hit 18 states and is approaching over 400 cases.

The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...

As the measles outbreak continues in Texas and two neighboring states ... where the outbreak began in a Mennonite community and has spread mostly through unvaccinated residents.

As measles cases in West Texas are still on the rise two months after the outbreak began, local public health officials say they expect the virus to keep spreading for at least several more months ...

(NEXSTAR) – Measles was officially declared “eliminated” in the United States in 2000. If things keep going the way they’ve been going in 2025, that designation could soon change.

As the measles outbreak that began in rural Gaines County in West Texas quickly surpassed 300 cases, clinics saw a surge in ...

Communities throughout the U.S. have been afflicted by a large influenza load this year, but numbers are now trending downward, according to the Jefferson County General Health District’s medical ...