Inside the perfect storm of the deadly measles outbreak in Texas
Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes of which this state hasn’t seen in more than 30 years.
The Texas measles outbreak continues to grow as state officials report an increase in cases across the state as Gaines County ...
Pediatricians and public health experts said they’ve seen a surge in requests for “bonus” doses of measles immunization ...
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Measles is a disease that should be a relic of the past with vaccination. But now a child is dead from a disease that is entirely preventable.
The reason that we don’t get hundreds of cases like we did way in the past, before vaccination, is because of vaccination.” ...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s focus on vitamin A use to combat a growing measles outbreak in Texas is raising ...
As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...
The health secretary’s muted response to the first major disease outbreak on his watch worries even some allies.
As neighboring states like Texas continue to see spikes in measles cases, doctors in Oklahoma are on high alert. “The thing about measles is it’s just so contagious,” Cook said. It’s also dangerous as ...
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