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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pavan Acharya

Texas reports new measles outbreak in West Texas

An empty emergency room at Goodall-Witcher Hospital in Clifton on August 3, 2021.
The Texas health department reported the number of measles cases in Gaines County in West Texas is now 10. Most are children and all were unvaccinated. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

At least 10 cases of measles — eight of which are among school-aged children — have been reported in Gaines County in West Texas over the past two weeks, driving worries of an escalating outbreak.

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