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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra

With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles

A sign lets people know that measles vaccines are available in the Old City Hall in Andrews, Tx.
Signs let people know that measles vaccines are available at the old City Hall in Andrews on March 6, 2025. Andrews is about halfway between Seminole in Gaines County, where the outbreak originated, and Odessa. (Credit: Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune)

Five years ago, Melanie Richburg used a roll of duct tape, a HEPA filter and a portable fan to draw contaminated air out of a hospital room where patients were tested for the coronavirus.

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