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The Texas Tribune reports: The number of measles cases has risen to 198 as the historical outbreak continues to rage on in West Texas, according to state officials on Friday. Of those, 23 patients are hospitalized. As of Friday, most of the measles cases – 137 – were centered in Gaines County, about 400 miles west of Dallas on the …

Albuquerque’s CBS affiliate reports: The New Mexico Department of Health confirmed a Lea County resident who died tested positive for measles after their death. The official cause of death is under investigation by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator. NMDOH said the person was unvaccinated and did not seek medical care before their death. Ten cases of measles have …

The Associated Press reports: Florida reported its first case of measles so far this year in a high schooler at Palmetto Senior High School. The state’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo [photo], sent a letter to parents at the school on Tuesday, notifying them of the case — but the Florida Department of Health official stopping short of advocating typical …

CNN reports: A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is now on the ground in that state to respond. The agency posted on X that it’s partnering with the Texas Department of State Health Services. Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday, U.S. Health and Human Services …

HHS Sec. Robert Kennedy writes for Fox News: As the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I am deeply concerned about the recent measles outbreak. This situation has escalated rapidly, with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reporting 146 confirmed cases since late January 2025, primarily in the South Plains region. Tragically, this outbreak …

Ars Technica reports: A Texas health authority is warning against “measles parties” as the outbreak in West Texas grew to at least 146 cases, with 20 hospitalized and one unvaccinated school-age child dead. In a press briefing hosted by the city of Lubbock, Texas, Ron Cook, chief health officer at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, offered …

The Guardian reports: Two days after initially downplaying the outbreak as “not unusual,” the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the ongoing measles epidemic in Texas – in which a child died recently – and said the government is providing resources. The child’s death and the hospitalization of nearly 20 …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades, as cases have jumped from two to 146 in just one month. A child is dead, 20 more are hospitalized and the worst is likely still ahead, public health experts say. But neither Gov. Greg Abbott nor lawmakers from the hardest hit areas have addressed the outbreak …

Houston’s ABC affiliate reports: On Friday morning, the state reported that 146 cases in nine counties have been identified since late January. Twenty of the patients have been hospitalized, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., , said Wednesday that HHS is watching cases and dismissed the Texas outbreak as “not unusual.” He appeared to misstate a number of facts, including a claim …

ABC News reports: More measles cases are being confirmed across the United States as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas. The Kentucky Department for Public Health announced on Wednesday a confirmed case of measles in an adult resident, the first in the state in two years. The departments said the resident recently traveled internationally …

NBC News reports: As a measles outbreak sweeps through Texas, officially sickening 124 people, mostly unvaccinated children, and hospitalizing 18, anti-vaccine groups are pushing a familiar and false theory: The highly contagious virus is being caused by the vaccine itself. “The narrative is that it’s a failure to vaccinate when we know it is a failing vaccine,” said Sayer Ji, …

The Associated Press reports: A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson Melissa Whitfield confirmed the death Wednesday. It wasn’t clear the age of the patient, who died overnight. Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock didn’t immediately …

ABC News reports: A measles outbreak in Texas is continuing to grow, reaching 124 cases, new data released Tuesday shows. Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, and 18 people have been hospitalized so far, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Five cases included those who have …

Austin’s Fox affiliate reports: The Hays County Health Department was notified about the potential for exposure of residents to a person who tested positive for measles by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The person who tested positive for measles is a Gaines County resident who visited San Marcos on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 from 3 p.m. to …

The Austin Statesman reports: A fast-growing measles outbreak in West Texas has nearly doubled in just one week, now totaling 90 cases across seven counties and spreading to New Mexico. Earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed 49 cases in five counties. The outbreak began about three weeks ago with two cases among unvaccinated children. Most cases …

The Texas Tribune reports: An outbreak of measles in West Texas has grown to 58 cases, including four patients who said they were vaccinated against the disease. Ten more cases were added to the count Tuesday, including for the first time the four who self-reported they were vaccinated against the disease, according to the agency’s latest update. Health investigators are …

Sen. Bill Cassidy today links to this Fox News report: An outbreak of measles in the South Plains of Texas is continuing to grow, with the number of cases doubling in less than a week. At least 48 cases were identified with symptom onset within the last three weeks, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. More than …

The Austin Statesman reports: A fast-growing measles outbreak has infected dozens in Texas and New Mexico as officials suspect the highly contagious disease continues to spread. In just two weeks, an outbreak in West Texas jumped from two cases among unvaccinated children in Gaines County to 49 people across four counties, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. …

Axios reports: At least two dozen cases of measles have been reported in a single county in Texas over the past two weeks, in the latest sign the disease is rebounding amid falling vaccination rates. Public health experts say the spread of the highly contagious and potentially life-threatening disease is preventable, noting cases have surged in areas with high vaccination …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Infectious disease specialists throughout Georgia have worked rapidly over the past few weeks to respond to a measles outbreak in the metro Atlanta area, according to the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale Public Health Departments. At the Gwinnett County Board of Health meeting Monday, epidemiology program manager Keisha Francis-Christian provided more information about how local health agencies …