This story was originally written by Barbara Rodriguez and published by The 19th* News. 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 one of […]
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‘We Value Our Health’: Fort Worth Pastor Brags About Low School Vaccination Rates
A private school in Fort Worth is proud of its low vaccination rates — it even put it on a T-shirt. Mercy Culture Preparatory Academy had a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination rate of 14.29% among kindergartners in the 2023-2024 school year, the lowest in the state, according to Texas Department of State Health Services […]
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Will a Historic Measles Outbreak in Texas Get Conservative Politicians to Promote Vaccines? Of Course Not
A deadly measles outbreak in West Texas has taken one life and reached over 150 cases and counting, spurring many families to seek out vaccinations at clinics that state and local health officials have set up to encourage people to get the shot. The majority of cases where vaccination status has been confirmed are individuals […]
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Measles Is Making a Comeback in Texas, Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers
Guess we’ve gotta learn this lesson for the millionth time: Vaccines stop really bad stuff. Case in point: A measles outbreak in rural West Texas — where vaccine exemptions are sky-high — is spreading fast. It started in late January with two hospitalized kids in Gaines County, CNN reported. By Wednesday, cases hit six. By […]