For a community to be protected against contagious diseases, enough residents need to be vaccinated to provide “herd immunity ...

The People’s Voice cited South Plains Public Health District vaccination clinics held Feb. 6 and 7 in Gaines County. On Feb. 5, the Texas state health department confirmed Gaines had six cases of ...

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in a rural West Texas outbreak that led ...

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the ...

A child’s death this past week in Texas is the first U.S. death from measles, a highly contagious but preventable respiratory ...

Gaines County schools have among the lowest vaccination rates in Texas. The measles outbreak there is a portent for the rest ...

Lea County, New Mexico, is now reporting an outbreak of measles, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping ...

An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and one death has largely been linked to a local Mennonite community.

The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting 124 cases as of Tuesday, Feb. 25. Gaines County – where the ...