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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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By Jayme Lozano Carver

Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust

Director of Public Health Katherine Wells, MPH, looks through one of the vaccine logs that show who and when vaccines were given. Wells and her staff are working to stem the measles outbreak in the Lubbock area as well as throughout Texas. Wells was in the City of Lubbock Health Department Monday afternoon, Mar. 17, 2025.
Katherine Wells, Lubbock Health Department's director, looks through a vaccine log on March 17. Wells and her staff are working to stem the measles outbreak in the Lubbock area as well as throughout Texas. (Credit: Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune)

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