As of July 1, 753 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas, with 53 cases in Lubbock County and 414 cases in Gaines ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – The Texas Department of State Health Services reported the first case of measles in 2025 in Bexar ...

Editor's note: From January 2025 through June 2025, The Texas Tribune used data from the Texas Department of State Health ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Lubbock Public Health on Wednesday said a school-aged child, who was treated at a Lubbock healthcare ...

Individuals seeking to get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine can do so by going to Lubbock Public Health on 2015 50th St. at the following times: Tuesday-Thursday: 10 a.m - 3 p.m. Saturdays ...

Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas confirmed the state's first measles-related death, an unvaccinated school-aged child. Texas is experiencing a measles outbreak with 124 reported ...

Lubbock Public Health Director Katherine Wells discusses the West Texas crisis, ... So many of our doctors hadn’t seen measles before—Lubbock County hadn’t had a case in twenty-one years.

Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

In Lubbock County, 92% of kindergarteners reported being vaccinated against measles in the 2023-2024 school year, about 2 percentage points lower than the state average, according to latest state ...

In Lubbock County, 92% of kindergarteners reported being vaccinated against measles in the 2023-2024 school year, about 2 percentage points lower than the state average, according to latest state ...

The measles outbreak currently unfolding in the Texas Panhandle was entirely preventable. A measles vaccine, which has been available for more than 60 years, has been shown to be safe and effective.

Katherine Wells, Lubbock Health Department’s director, looks through a vaccine log on March 17. Wells and her staff are working to stem the measles outbreak in the Lubbock area as well as ...