SEMINOLE, Texas — When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of this rural West Texas community to beware of vaccinating their children.

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.

I recognize the serious impact of this outbreak on families, children, and healthcare workers,” Kennedy wrote on X Friday ...

A paramedic administers a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center in Lubbock, Texas, Feb. 27, 2025. The West Texas measles outbreak continues to grow, now possibly spreading into the central ...

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

Kahn says the measles vaccination has been a victim of its own success. “The vast majority of people have never seen a case ...

The number of measles cases in Gaines County has more than doubled in a week. State officials confirmed this week an unvaccinated school-aged child died from measles in Lubbock.

The Houston Health Department is investigating two possible cases of measles in the city, officials confirmed on Friday. A ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, downplayed the seriousness of an ongoing measles ...

The latest update comes two days after the first death was reported in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.