Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?
The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of ...
Who are the Mennonites? Texas measles outbreak raises questions on community vaccinations
An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and one death has largely been linked to a local Mennonite community.
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Who are the Mennonites? Texas measles outbreak impacts community
The measles outbreak in West Texas is significantly impacting the region's Mennonite community. Here's what we know about ...
Texas child is first reported US measles death in a decade as outbreak hits more than 130
A child in West Texas has died of measles, state health officials said on Wednesday, the first reported U.S. death from the ...
The Hill6d
Why the Texas measles outbreak was ‘inevitable’
Physicians in the state say the current situation was “inevitable” due to the low rates of vaccination among the largely Mennonite community. As of Feb. 21, the Texas Department of State ...
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that ...
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The Religious Community at the Center of Texas' Measles Outbreak
The majority of measles patients in Texas—85 percent—are children. Most of the cases have been concentrated in the under-vaccinted, close-knit local Mennonite community, according to Texas ...
A child has died in the Texas measles outbreak – the first US measles death since 2015
Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease. The death, of a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S ...
The Texas Tribune6d
West Texas measles cases rise to 124. Here is what you need to know.
In Texas, the virus has concentrated on the Mennonite community in Gaines County. One of the county’s local public school district with only 143 students, according to 2023-24 school year data ...
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In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
Texas, and the epicenter of the current measles outbreak. It’s located in a vast, flat region filled with ranchers and peanut and cotton farmers. There’s also a large Mennonite population ...
Houston Chronicle12d
200-300 Texans feared ailing of measles as disease spreads through state
The outbreak is happening in what state officials are calling a "close-knit, undervaccinated" Mennonite community in Gaines County, a rural area in West Texas about 87 miles southwest of Lubbock.
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Why Texas measles outbreak may be ‘the tip of a bigger iceberg’
Texas health officials believe the ongoing outbreak began in a Mennonite community in Gaines County. The county seat, Seminole, sits near the New Mexico border, about 350 miles west of Dallas and ...