Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas confirmed the state's first measles-related death, an unvaccinated school-aged child. Texas is experiencing a measles outbreak with 124 reported ...

Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas has confirmed the first death in the state from measles occurred at its facilities. Hospital leadership hosted a news conference on Feb. 26 ...

As of Tuesday, 750 cases had been confirmed in the West Texas measles outbreak that began in late January, an update from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said. The number had not ...

Lubbock health officials announce new MMR vaccine recommendations amid Texas measles outbreak City of Lubbock issues updated MMR immunization guidelines amidst measles outbreak Lubbock hospital ...

In Lubbock County, 92% of kindergarteners reported being vaccinated against measles in the 2023-2024 school year, about 2 percentage points lower than the state average, according to latest state ...

Long before the measles outbreak and COVID, she navigated situations like Lubbock’s high sexually transmited infections and teen pregnancy rates. Lubbock is the largest city in Texas’ South ...

Second child dead in Texas measles outbreak 03:27. A second school-aged child has died in Texas from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesperson confirmed Sunday.

West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 481 cases Friday. The state expanded the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10.

Texas measles cases continue to rise, prompting Lubbock health officials to urge public action. Lubbock County has seen 42 cases, while Gaines County has reported 597 cases.

Health & Medicine A Texas Health Director’s View from Inside the Measles Crisis As Lubbock’s top health official, Katherine Wells knows that measles is scary—and so is government upheaval.

As of April 29, Cochran, Dallam, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Lynn, Lamar, Lubbock, Terry and Yoakum counties have all been designated as outbreak counties with ongoing measles transmission by DSHS.

As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their children are now lining up to get their kids the MMR shots. At least 124 people, mostly babies ...