Gaines County, the epicenter of the massive Texas measles outbreak that began in January, no longer has ongoing measles transmission, public health officials said on Tuesday. The Department of State Health Services released its weekly measles update, which ...

(CNN) — The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday. The first two cases were identified in late January and the ...

Katherine Wells still remembers finding out that measles had hit West Texas. It was late January, and Wells, the director of the Lubbock Health Department, was notified that a child from nearby Gaines County was being treated for the respiratory disease at ...

The funding awarded Oct. 14 will go toward 558 fire trucks and 321 slip-on units through the Rural VFD Assistance Program, helping at the local level.