U.S. measles cases hit 1,277—the worst outbreak since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, surpassing 2019's peak ...

The US is facing its most severe measles outbreak since 2000, with 1,277 confirmed cases as of July 5, 2025, led by Texas ...

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

In Gaines County, the epicenter of Texas' outbreak, 80 cases have been identified by state health officials so far. Just over 20,000 people live in Gaines, a rural county that touts itself as a ...

There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a ...

No, vaccines did not cause the Gaines County, Texas, measles case spike Dozens of children have contracted measles in the state’s largest outbreak in 33 years. Online, some are blaming vaccines ...

The outbreak is clustered in a small county in West Texas that is home to about 22,500 people. The share of K-12 students in Gaines County with a conscientious exemption for at least one vaccine ...

On January 30, officials reported two measles cases in unvaccinated, school-age children in Gaines County, which sits at the border of New Mexico and is around 90 miles southwest of Lubbock, Texas.

Gaines County is the epicenter of the current measles outbreak. It also has the highest share of students who received vaccine exemptions for nonmedical reasons. Texas measles outbreak: Tracking ...

Gaines County is the epicenter of the current measles outbreak. ... Northwest Texas measles outbreak grows to 146 cases, including child's death. As lawmakers push more 'anti-vaccine' policies, ...

The measles outbreak began in Gaines County in late January. It has now spread across 23 counties in Texas, plus the states of New Mexico and Oklahoma. On April 30, Denton County Public Health ...

Statement: A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.” More than 140 people in Texas have contracted ...