As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...

As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is currently on the ground in Texas, collaborating with the local ...

In little Gaines County, a far-flung region of rural West Texas and home to a large Mennonite community, the measles virus is on a tear. This respiratory bug that was once declared fully ...

Mennonite community that has very low vaccination rates. And unfortunately, we have seen vaccination rates exemptions ... really soar in Texas in recent years," she said. Measles is known as being ...

A total of 48 measles cases had been identified in the South Plains region of Texas, as of the Texas Department ... under-vaccinated" Mennonite community, health department spokesperson Lara ...

The measles case count in Texas and New Mexico likely represents ... The cases in West Texas appear to trace back to unvaccinated members of a Mennonite community. This raises a much larger ...

An outbreak of measles is currently raging in Texas. Health officials have documented ... The bulk of the cases are in a rural Mennonite community, though officials note that the lower vaccination ...