Close-knit religious community claims it has been made a scapegoat for wider issue of anti-vax sentiment in rural West Texas

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures — and with sometimes strained or distant relations with health officials and other public authorities.