Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland.

Almost 160 Texans, most of them under age 18, have been diagnosed with measles. One died, and 22 have been hospitalized. The ...

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has increased to 159 -- an increase of 13 cases in the past ...

As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week he would send Texas 2,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella ...

SEMINOLE, Texas — When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of ...

Many doctors have never seen measles in person. The Texas outbreak is reshaping how health systems prepare for drops in vaccinations.

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

Gaines County in West Texas is at the heart of the ongoing measles outbreak. Non-medical vaccine exemption rates there are ...

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

SEMINOLE — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service. Sitting elbow ...