12 new measles cases have been detected in West Texas, according to Texas DSHS. 158 cases have been detected in West Texas since late January. 1 child has died, and more than 20 people have been hospitalized.

Texas now has 202 cases of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services' latest numbers on Friday. That is up from 163 on Tuesday. Most of those cases, 198, are in West Texas, including 138 in Gaines County.

DSHS Commissioner Jennifer Shuford was questioned by the Texas House Committee on Public Health Monday morning.

The number of measles cases in Gaines County continues to climb as an outbreak plagues the West Texas region, according to state officials on Friday. Unrelated to that outbreak, Austin officials ...

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A measles outbreak in West Texas has expanded to over 120 cases across nine counties ... before spreading downward across the body, the Austin American-Statesman previously reported. The Mayo Clinic states that healthy people can get the virus whenever ...

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Dr. Stroud and her students had the opportunity to attend Nurses Day in Austin, where they advocated for key issues in healthcare, including the measles outbreak.