measles Archives - The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/tag/measles/ Independent news. Trusted by Texans. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:05:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon-32x32.png measles Archives - The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/tag/measles/ 32 32 249301168 17 measles cases reported in El Paso, including 13 at ICE detention facility https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/26/measles-el-paso-camp-east-montana-ice/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:05:38 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=221925 Camp East Montana seen under construction in East El Paso, days before it was set to begin receiving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, on Aug. 11, 2025.

Earlier in February, two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were identified at Camp East Montana.

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Dallas County sues Trump administration over clawback of public health funds https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/02/dallas-county-federal-public-health-funds-lawsuit-texas/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:45:34 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=215736 Bessie Bell, 96, receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Fair Park, Dallas County's public vaccination site, on Jan. 11, 2021.

Dallas is the second Texas county to sue over public health cuts after a judge ordered the Trump administration to return $20 million to Harris County last summer.

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Blamed for the nation’s historic measles outbreak, West Texas Mennonites have hardened their views on vaccines https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/texas-measles-mennonite-seminole-aftermath/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=214268 John and Tina Peters sit together during the German service at the Mennonite Evangelical Church in Seminole on Nov. 30, 2025.

Months after public health officials say they caused the nation’s largest measles surge in 30 years, some West Texas Mennonites have grown more skeptical of the mainstream medical system.

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Here are the most important stories from our data visuals team in 2025 https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/29/texas-tribune-data-visuals-top-stories-2025/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=215046

The Tribune’s team of data journalists produced a congressional redistricting tool, covered several education data releases, visualized the measles outbreak and more.

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If Texas measles outbreak is still spreading, U.S. could lose measles-free status, scientists say https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/texas-measles-outbreak-spread-elimination/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=213459 Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock treated patients who had fallen ill with measles.

One study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

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More Texas kindergarteners coming to school without measles vaccination proof or exemptions https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/13/texas-schools-vaccines-measles-delinquencies/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=196648 Omar Wahidi, 12, shows bandages from vaccines given to him in his right arm on August 13, 2025.

In school districts and charter networks with the most vaccine delinquencies, as many as 44% of kindergarteners were not complying with state requirements.

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