By Chad Terhune (Reuters) -As a measles outbreak spreads across West Texas, Dr. Ana Montanez is fighting an uphill battle to convince some parents that vitamin A - touted by vaccine critics as effective against the highly contagious virus - will not protect their children.

Five years earlier, measles cases were the worst in almost three decades in 2019. Gaines County has one of the highest rates in Texas of school-aged children who opt out of at least one required vaccine, with nearly 14% of K-12 children in the 2023-24 ...

Kennedy said vaccines can protect children and contribute to community immunity, but the decision should still be parents'. Abbott hasn't mentioned them.

A growing measles outbreak in Texas, where one unvaccinated child died and nearly 20 others have been hospitalized with serious complications, marks the first major test for U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

With growing cases of measles in Texas and Lubbock reporting the states first death, local health officials hosted a news conference offering updates.

Another 113 had a “unknown” vaccine status and five patients had been vaccinated with at least one dose. The West Texas measles outbreak — the largest in the state in 30 years — has spread ...

Texas is experiencing a measles outbreak with 124 reported cases and 18 hospitalizations, all unvaccinated individuals. The MMR vaccine is highly effective in preventing measles, with two doses ...

some of whom educate their children at home or at private schools without vaccine mandates. Public health reporter Fenit Nirappil traveled to the epicenter of the measles outbreak in West Texas to ...

Like Texas, some Florida schools — such as an ... Kennedy Jr., who has a history as a vaccine skeptic, voiced support for the measles vaccine in early March. Kennedy said he was "deeply ...

Virginia health officials said they are aware of a confirmed case of measles that may have exposed other travelers at Dulles International Airport on March 5 between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.