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The state will provide updates online on Tuesdays and Fridays. The deaths of two children have been linked to the measles ...
State health officials linked two new measles cases to the West Texas outbreak on Tuesday. The cases were in El Paso and ...
A box of hypodermic disposable needles is left opened at a pop-up clinic for the measles ... Tuesday’s update also includes one measles case in West Texas' Lamb County, which had not previously ...
The number of cases reported in Texas' historic measles outbreak has risen to 750 cases, eight more cases over the past week.
The number of cases in Texas alone has grown ... About 1 out of every 1,000 children with measles will develop brain swelling that can lead to brain damage, and up to 3 of every 1,000 children ...
Two North Texas cases in Rockwall County and four cases ... two hours after an infected person leaves. Symptoms of measles don’t show up until a week, sometimes two weeks, after exposure.
The Texas Department of State Health Services ... Text “Alerts” to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here. There have been 409 measles cases confirmed in Gaines County, a rural area about an hour ...
The Texas health department reported no new cases of measles on Friday, the first time the state has not recorded an increase ...
The Georgia Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that a third member of an unvaccinated family has contracted measles.