Inside the perfect storm of the deadly measles outbreak in Texas
Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes of which this state hasn’t seen in more than 30 years.
Of the 124 measles cases in West Texas, only five have been confirmed in vaccinated individuals. Officials and news organizations attribute the outbreak primarily to the Mennonite communities, ...
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Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.
A measles outbreak in West Texas had sickened at least 198 people as of March 7, with 23 patients hospitalized and one dead.
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