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For the first time since the measles outbreak began in January, no new cases were reported in Friday’s update, according to ...
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LUBBOCK, Texas -In the latest measles outbreak update, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said 742 cases have been confirmed. As of Friday morning, Lubbock County had 53 confirmed ...
The Texas health department reported no new cases of measles on Friday, the first time the state has not recorded an increase ...
U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's once-close relationship imploded this week, amid a bitter feud over ...
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The measles outbreak in West Texas has slowed down, according to state health officials.
Thousands of people, mostly children, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have contracted the vaccine-preventable disease this ...
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas Department of State Health Services commissioner, joins the Standard with an update on efforts to ...
New research shows measles vaccination rates for children fell in almost 80 percent of counties across the country after the COVID-19 pandemic.  A Johns Hopkins University study tracked ...
Anti-vaccine activists seized on a deadly outbreak in Seminole, setting off a battle between fringe doctors and mainstream ...