Category: Measles
Texas Measles Outbreak: Update
Texas DoH The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. At this time, 124 cases have been identified since late January. Eighteen of the patients have been hospitalized. Five of the cases are vaccinated. The rest are unvaccinated, or their vaccination status is […]
Feb 26, 2025
An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
AP A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015. The death was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been hospitalized last week, the Texas Department of State […]
Feb 26, 2025
Measles outbreak grows bigger in rural Texas, and officials expect more cases
NBC Out of the 58 new cases over the past three weeks, 13 people have been hospitalized. At least 58 new cases of measles have been reported across northwest Texas in recent weeks, state health officials said Tuesday, in a “highly contagious” outbreak that might be linked to lack of vaccination. A bulk of these new cases in […]
Feb 19, 2025
Texas Measles Cases Are Up, and Now an Outbreak in New Mexico: What You Need to Know
MedPageToday State health officials say this is Texas’ largest outbreak in nearly 30 years. The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles. Public health officials in New Mexico have said they suspect some of the state’s […]
Feb 18, 2025
Texas measles cases are up, and New Mexico now has an outbreak. Here’s what you need to know
AP The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles. New Mexico health department spokesman Robert Nott said Tuesday that the agency hadn’t “identified any direct contact” between cases in its state and cases in Texas. Measles […]
Feb 18, 2025
10 new cases of measles reported in West Texas county and New Mexico
AP Public health authorities said Tuesday that an outbreak of measles in western Texas has expanded, while a new case was confirmed nearby across state lines in New Mexico. The Texas Department of State Health Services has identified 24 measles cases in connection with the onset of symptoms within the last two weeks. Gaines County, […]
Feb 12, 2025
Fifteen cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions
NBC Local health officials set up a drive-thru vaccination clinic last week and are offering screening services to residents. Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. South Plains Public Health District Director Zach Holbrooks said […]
Feb 11, 2025
Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo
NYT Werra Maulu Botey could not bear to close his daughter’s coffin. Waiting to bury her, he slid the rough wooden lid back, again and again, to adjust her small head and smooth the cloth that cradled it away from her cheeks. Olive died of measles, at the age of 5, the evening before. She […]
Dec 18, 2024
Minnesota: Measles outbreak sickens 51
Minnesota News At least 51 people have been sickened by measles in Minnesota since May, with nearly one quarter of them ending up hospitalized, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health. Nearly all the cases are in Hennepin County, and MPR News reports that most are among unvaccinated children in the Somali community. Overall childhood […]
Sep 25, 2024
Oregon sees most measles cases in generation
Oregon News The 31 cases of measles recorded this year in Oregon are the most cases in a generation, according to state health officials. There have not been this many confirmed cases in the state since 1991, Oregon Health Authority officials said. The first cases were confirmed in June. However, there have not been any new confirmed […]
Sep 11, 2024