Several measles outbreaks across the U.S. are sickening people this year — most who are unvaccinated — including in Texas, where state officials are reporting the worst outbreak in almost 30 years.In fact,
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Texas DSHS in a statement: "The best way to prevent getting sick is to be immunized with two doses of a vaccine against measles, which is primarily administered as the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are highly effective at preventing measles."
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson Melissa ... Most kids will recover from the measles if they get it, but infection can lead to dangerous complications like pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and death. The outbreak is largely ...
Turner died Tuesay evening, prompting Texas state Rep. Senfronia Thompson and others to honor him on the House floor Wednesday. Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-congressman-and-former-houston-mayor-sylvester-turner-dies/
The latest update comes two days after the first death was reported in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.
DALLAS — More than 140 cases of measles have been reported in Texas, including one here in North Texas, and a child in Lubbock has died from the virus, health officials said. The number of cases in the West Texas outbreak increased by 22 when officials released new data Friday, bringing the total to 146.
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