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Texas measles outbreak

Texas measles cases grow to 742. Track the spread here.

Four more cases were reported in the last week from the ongoing measles outbreak connected to West Texas.

An editorial art for the West Texas measles outbreak tracker.

What is measles? 

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How do you prevent measles?  

Can you get sick if you’re vaccinated?

Has anyone died during this outbreak? 

Where else in Texas have there been measles cases this year? 

Do we know how measles arrived in Gaines County?

I thought we fixed measles. What happened? 

When was the last time Texas had a measles outbreak?

What do we know about Gaines County’s Mennonite community? 

Who is most vulnerable to measles?

How bad can measles symptoms get? 

What are state and local agencies doing to manage this? 


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