The Latest Breaking News from Measles

A top HHS spokesperson quit over newly minted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s response to the measles outbreak in Texas.

Texas produces the largest amount of beef in the United States

US health secretary says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about outbreak in Texas.

Health secretary earlier said outbreak was ‘not unusual’ but with first US measles death in decade steps up response

The majority of the 146 cases in Texas are infants, children, and teenagers

Infectious disease experts say the latest outbreak is still in its infancy and could get a lot worse – here’s what to know

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated

On Feb. 26, 2025, Texas health officials announced the death of a child in a measles outbreak – the first measles death in the United States since 2015. The outbreak was first identified in early February in Gaines County, Texas, where just 82% of kindergartners are vaccinated against measles, compared…

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping Texas’ measles response.