Newborns exposed in West Texas measles outbreak
Last week, a woman infected with measles gave birth at University Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, possibly exposing newborns and their families to the highly infectious virus causing a large outbreak in West Texas and neighboring states.
Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been ...
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(Julio Cortez / AP) Texas’ ongoing measles outbreak is now past 220 confirmed cases, the most the state has seen in any year since 1992. There are also additional ...
So far, 2025 is the fourth-worst year for measles in the U.S. since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.
Christina Hermos, MD'03, MMSc, hasn't seen a case of measles since she was doing a fellowship two decades ago. And that was a ...
State health officials said it is unknown if the Kansas case is linked to the other outbreaks in the U.S. Measles is a highly ...
The measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico is now close to 300 cases. Most are unvaccinated children. People usually ...
In today’s newsletter, I’ll explain the virus’s possible resurgence in America. Derailing this virus was a decades-long ...
Dr. Gina French, a pediatrician at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children, has been spending more time these days ...
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