Measles outbreak can help spread vaccine education, health officials say

Measles outbreak can help spread vaccine education, health officials say

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - As of March 14, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services has reported 259 measles cases statewide, with more than half occurring in individuals under 18. Due to the majority of cases coming from children, and people with unvaccinated or unknown vaccination status, Dr. Sara Safarzadeh Amiri, the Regional Chief Medical Officer for Odessa Regional Medical Center and Scenic Mountain Medical Center, advises pare…

See How Measles Outbreaks Flourish Where Vaccination Rates Fall

Measles continues to spread in Texas and other states and has caused the first reported U.S. death from the virus in a decade. Vaccination data over time reveal vulnerabilities in protection

Seminole, in northwestern Texas, has been hit for several weeks by an epidemic of measles, a disease of another time. Most of the cases have been identified within the Mennonite community, a Christian evangelical movement against vaccination galvanized by the asc...

The 2025 Texas Measles Outbreak Highlights the Importance of Vaccines

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2025’s Texas measles outbreak is a lesson in the value of vaccines

A major outbreak of measles has emerged in Texas. It started in late January and has already left two dead, one of them a child. Few if any of the affected people had been vaccinated. This event — the largest U.S. outbreak in many, many years — highlights what can happen when a large share of kids do not get vaccinated. Vaccines can limit — or, as with measles, largely prevent — many serious diseases. 10 things to know about measles The Centers …