Katie Jennings was scrolling on her phone last April when a headline stopped her cold. A second unvaccinated child had died of measles in her home state of Texas.

The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow, reaching 561 cases, according to new data published Tuesday.

Texas has added 28 more measles cases in the last two weeks. Most infections so far this year have occurred inside West Texas Detention Facility in Hudspeth County.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 140 measles cases have been confirmed in West Texas, with the majority concentrated among detainees in Hudspeth and El ...

Dr. Jennifer Shuford has led the Department of State Health Services in Texas since 2022 after serving as the state's chief ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday appeared to downplay the seriousness of the West Texas measles outbreak that has killed a school-age child. The child’s death, ...

Shuford was an infectious disease physician based in Austin before joining the DSHS in 2017. She currently serves on the DSHS ...

While the worst outbreak in the U.S. is located in West Texas, the CDC has confirmed cases in 18 other states. A measles outbreak in West Texas is continuing to grow in cases as state health officials ...