The West Texas measles outbreak has reached 124 cases, state medical experts report
The outbreak originated in Gaines County, a small West Texas county, in January. A health alert was issued by the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Jan. 23. Two school-age children tested positive and were hospitalized and discharged by the time the alert was released.
But the first confirmed cases of measles in 2025 were detected in Harris County, according to HHS. These two people lived in the same household and had traveled internationally in recent days. They were both unvaccinated.
These cases were not associated with the outbreak, but they were the first cases in Texas since 2023.
By the end of January and first week of February, 10 cases were confirmed in Gaines County, and an alert of an outbreak was issued. All were cases of unvaccinated people, including many school-age children.
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On Tuesday, Feb. 25, HHS, issued this statement: "The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. At this time, 124 cases have been identified since late January. Eighteen of the patients have been hospitalized. Five of the cases are vaccinated. The rest are unvaccinated, or their vaccination status is unknown. Due to the highly contagious nature of this disease, additional cases are likely to occur in the outbreak area and the surrounding communities. DSHS is working with local health departments to investigate the outbreak."
https://www.tpr.org/bioscience-medicine/2025-02-25/state-reports-west-texas-measles-outbreak-cases-now-at-124
Why don't you go down there, Junior, and see if you can help? Or, alternatively, catch measles and put us our of your misery?
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