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.
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Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.
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, ...
What began in a tight-knit West Texas Mennonite community ... has a lot of energy and steam behind it,” he said of the measles outbreak. “And that energy and steam are all the unvaccinated ...
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Who Are the Mennonites and Why Are They Facing a Measles Outbreak?The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of ...
US Health Secretary and long-standing anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing criticism for his equivocal ...
Measles cases in Texas increased from 146 to 159 on Tuesday, a week after an unvaccinated child died of the disease in one of ...
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