The U.S. has now recorded more confirmed measles cases this year than in any year in well over a quarter-century.

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and ...

The U.S. Senate’s health committee on Wednesday approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S.

While the disease isn't consistently spreading due to immunization campaigns, there have been outbreaks well beyond West ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – The Texas Department of State Health Services reported the first case of measles in 2025 in Bexar ...

On Wednesday, the health department announced 44 new cases. The 44 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 the city reported Wednesday ties the lowest number of hospitalized patients since the end of June ...

L UBBOCK, TX (NEWS RELEASE) - Beginning Monday, June 30, 2025, the City of Lubbock Public Health Department will discontinue ...

Lubbock Public Health has issued safety guidance to help citizens protect themselves against West Nile Virus. Here's what to ...

According to the health department, West Nile is a disease of birds ... Mateo Rosiles is the Government & Public Policy reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Got a news tip for him? Email ...

Katherine Wells standing by a pharmaceutical refrigerator stocked with the MMR vaccine that she hopes more Texans will agree to take, at the Lubbock Public Health building, on May 14, 2025.

Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since 2000, despite a chaotic reorganization of federal health agencies.