As of July 1, 753 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas, with 53 cases in Lubbock County and 414 cases in Gaines ...

Editor's note: From January 2025 through June 2025, The Texas Tribune used data from the Texas Department of State Health ...

Texas health officials have confirmed Bexar County's first measles case of the year, according to a Tuesday news release from ...

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

Individuals seeking to get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine can do so by going to Lubbock Public Health on 2015 50th St. at the following times: Tuesday-Thursday: 10 a.m - 3 p.m. Saturdays ...

Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas confirmed the state's first measles-related death, an unvaccinated school-aged child. Texas is experiencing a measles outbreak with 124 reported ...

Lubbock Public Health Director Katherine Wells discusses the West Texas crisis, ... So many of our doctors hadn’t seen measles before—Lubbock County hadn’t had a case in twenty-one years.

Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

In Lubbock County, 92% of kindergarteners reported being vaccinated against measles in the 2023-2024 school year, about 2 percentage points lower than the state average, according to latest state ...

In Lubbock County, 92% of kindergarteners reported being vaccinated against measles in the 2023-2024 school year, about 2 percentage points lower than the state average, according to latest state ...

Katherine Wells, Lubbock Health Department’s director, looks through a vaccine log on March 17. Wells and her staff are working to stem the measles outbreak in the Lubbock area as well as ...

The measles outbreak currently unfolding in the Texas Panhandle was entirely preventable. A measles vaccine, which has been available for more than 60 years, has been shown to be safe and effective.