A rise in vaccine hesitancy may be causing a recent spike in measles showing up in a way it has not in decades.
While a measles outbreak in west Texas rages on, smaller reports of cases are popping up in the Texas panhandle.On Sunday, the Dallam-Hartley County Hospital Di
Measles have been reported in eight states, with the first death of an unvaccinated child occurring in West Texas on Feb. 26.
OSDH sent out a health alert advising clinicians in Oklahoma to consider measles among patients with compatible symptoms amid a measles outbreak in Texas.
OSDH sent out a health alert advising clinicians in Oklahoma to consider measles among patients with compatible symptoms amid a measles outbreak in Texas.
WELL, THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS NOW REACHING 124 CASES AND JUST IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO, TEXAS REPORTING ONE DEATH. ALMOST ALL CASES ARE IN PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED. NEW MEXICO HAS AT LEAST NINE CASES NOW HERE AT HOME.
Texas and New Mexico are not the only border states that have seen an increase in measles cases recently. A year ago, measles was found in Missouri.