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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sean Murphy and Devi Shastri

Fifteen cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions

Measles Outbreak Texas - (THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS)

Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state.

South Plains Public Health District Director Zach Holbrooks said Monday that his department was first notified in late January about the first two cases in Gaines County, which he said were “two children who had seen a physician in Lubbock.”

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