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Cesar Acevedo, left, holds his infant son, Adriel Acevedo, as as nurse Tracey McElroy, right, prepares to give him a vaccination that included a polio dose at the Dallas County Health and Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

April 13, 2025 at 8:49 a.m.

Measles, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run...

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)

US measles cases surpass 700 with outbreaks in six states. Here’s what to know.

April 12, 2025 at 11:37 a.m.

U.S. measles cases topped 700 as of Friday, with New Mexico, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas all reporting active measles outbreaks.

FILE – A measles sign is seen at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Feb. 25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)

RFK Jr. visits West Texas as a second child is buried after dying from a measles-related illness

April 10, 2025 at 9:54 a.m.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to West Texas on Sunday after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vaccinated died from a measles-related illness.

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Kansas measles cases double to 23 and new Ohio outbreak sickens 10

April 10, 2025 at 9:51 a.m.

A measles outbreak in Kansas doubled in less than a week to 23 cases and has “a possible link” to outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico that have sickened more...

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department on Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Measles cases are still rising. Here’s what to know about the contagious virus, including symptoms and boosters.

April 10, 2025 at 9:51 a.m.

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered...

A child holds a man’s finger during a service at Community Church of Seminole, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texas measles outbreak fueled by distrust in public health and personal choice

April 10, 2025 at 9:54 a.m.

Alongside measles in this region, where voters overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump, there’s another outbreak: one of misinformation about vaccines, distrust of local public health officials and fear of governmental...

A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade

April 10, 2025 at 9:54 a.m.

A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, officials there said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.

FILE – Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas measles cases are up, and New Mexico now has an outbreak. Here’s what you need to know

April 10, 2025 at 9:55 a.m.

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles.

Estados de EEUU sopesan exenciones para vacunas que antes eran obligatorias

January 27, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Varios estados de Estados Unidos están sopesando propuestas para crear o resucitar exenciones para vacunas, para crear bases de datos sobre perjuicios causados por las vacunas o para establecer nuevas...

FILE – Vaccines are prepared for students during a pop-up immunization clinic at the Newcomer Academy in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Some state lawmakers see new opportunities to pass vaccine exemptions

January 27, 2025 at 12:57 p.m.

Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or...

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