Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, has confirmed the first death in the state from measles occurred at its ...

Lubbock health authorities have confirmed two measles exposure sites at stores in the city. Here is what we know.

Nearly a month after the first reported case of measles in the South Plains, health officials have confirmed the first death ...

The Lubbock health department addressed different myths on the internet and social media about the measles illness and the ...

For the first time in the United States since 2015, a death attributed to measles has been reported.Officials have confirmed ...

An unvaccinated school-aged child has died from measles in Lubbock. An adult in Rockwall County has also been infected, but is not considered part of the West Texas outbreak. Of the 58 cases of ...

Measles is so contagious partly because an infected ... Ector County at 91% and Lynn, Lubbock and Yoakum around 92%, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Dr. Lara Johnson, a pediatrician and the chief medical officer at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, said her hospital has admitted around a dozen children who have measles. Some have ...

So far, 13 people have been hospitalized with measles in Texas. Some have been able to be treated in Gaines County, while at least three have been sent to Lubbock for a higher level of care ...

As of this writing, 90 measles cases have been reported in Texas, the majority of them in Gaines County southwest of Lubbock, although the disease is now spreading to neighboring counties.