Measles is a highly contagious viral infection that can be life-threatening to those who are not vaccinated against it, according to the Texas Department of State Health and Human Services.

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A measles case has been identified in a person who visited two locations in the region ... health department at 215-685-6740, option 5. They were the first measles deaths in the United States in a ...

Measles cases in Texas are rising, with five new counties now added to the outbreak zone, the Texas Department ... County Health and Human Services had to let go of 11 full-time employees and ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert ... the hospital from measles pulmonary failure, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. "The child was receiving treatment for ...

A recent measles outbreak in Texas centered in the western ... area and the surrounding communities.” Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared ...

Lamar County, in northeast Texas, is the closest to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, of the counties with active transmission. That county has so far reported 11 ... Department of Health and Human ...

PARIS, Texas - According to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services, as of Friday, there are 11 reported cases of measles in Lamar County. The East Texas county, which includes Paris ...

A second child in Texas has died of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health ... 499 cases have been in Texas, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

April 6 (UPI) --Health and Human Services Secretary ... several counties in West Texas, including Lubbock County," reads a notice on the Lubbock Health Department's website.

(Reuters) -The Texas health department reported 624 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase of 27 from April 18. Cases in Gaines County, the center of the outbreak, rose to 386 from ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert ... the hospital from measles pulmonary failure, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. "The child was receiving treatment for ...