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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Terri Langford

State offers specific measles guidance for 10 West Texas “outbreak” counties

Signs inform people of measles prevention and testing at the Gaines County Court House in Seminole on Sunday on April 6, 2025.
Signs inform people of measles prevention and testing at the Gaines County Court House in Seminole on April 6, 2025. (Credit: Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune)

The Texas Department of State Health Services this week released an updated set of vaccine recommendations for 10 West Texas counties at the center of an ongoing measles outbreak that has so far claimed two children’s lives and infected more than 500 people in the region.

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