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US CDC Says Vaccination Remains Best Defense Against Measles

Data: These charts show vaccine exemptions in North Texas, Gaines County

For a community to be protected against contagious diseases, enough residents need to be vaccinated to provide “herd immunity.”

Politifact · 3h

No, a vaccine campaign did not cause the Gaines County, Texas, measles case spike

The People’s Voice cited South Plains Public Health District vaccination clinics held Feb. 6 and 7 in Gaines County. On Feb. 5, the Texas state health department confirmed Gaines had six cases of measles, "all among unvaccinated school-aged children."

U.S. News & World Report · 3h

US CDC Says Vaccination Remains Best Defense Against Measles After Death in Texas

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday upheld the role of vaccines in offering protection against measles after an unvaccinated child succumbed to the infection earlier this week.

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The New York Times · 1h

In Texas Measles Outbreak, Signs of a Riskier Future for Children

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the consequences.

The Associated Press on MSN · 3h

Texas measles cases rises to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child's death

The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in an outbreak that led this week to the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child, health officials said Friday. The number of cases — Texas’ largest in nearly 30 years — increased by 22 since Tuesday.

The Baltimore Sun · 41m

San Antonio school confirms case of rubella as measles outbreak in Texas grows

A child’s death this past week in Texas is the first U.S. death from measles, a highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease since 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease

Measles cases in Texas climbs to 146 with 20 hospitalized, officials say

Texas Department of Health Services on Friday upped its measles count to 146 cases with 20 people hospitalized. A school-age child died from the highly contagious virus this week. That child was not ...

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Kennedy Said Measles Outbreaks Are ‘Not Unusual.’ Here’s What the Data Says.

“We have measles outbreaks every year,” he added. Mr. Kennedy has also said in the past that immunizations against measles ...

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Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of ...

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RFK Jr., vaccine critic, calls Texas measles outbreak 'not unusual' after unvaccinated child dies

After a child in West Texas died in Texas’ measles outbreak Wednesday, the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called the outbreak — which represents the largest outbreak in the state ...

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Measles outbreak update: CDC map shows where the disease is spreading after Texas child confirmed dead

Twenty-five years after the disease was declared “eliminated” in the U.S., cases are rising again, with a Texas outbreak now ...

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