The Latest Breaking News from Measles

A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. The U.S. health secretary was in West Texas to visit the family.

Officials reportedly said child died from ‘measles pulmonary failure’ having had no underlying conditions

The Trump administration clawed back $12 billion in grants for state and local health departments, leading to vaccine clinic cancellations.

Some great news came out of Texas this week. Great, that is, if you happen to be one of the better-known viral diseases. Measles is going gangbusters, and in cases at the Covenant Children’s hospital in Lubbock, now comes as a twofer with liver poisoning caused by elevated levels of…

Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

Closures come in one of the state’s biggest cities.

Hundreds of infections have been reported in West Texas as cases of the highly contagious virus continue to crop up nationwide

The measles outbreak that began in west Texas in late January 2025 continues to grow, with 400 confirmed cases in Texas and more than 50 in New Mexico and Oklahoma as of March 28.

The news came days after a vaccine skeptic was tapped to lead a federal study on the links between autism and vaccines