Uh … Am I Protected Against Measles? It Might Depend On When You Were Born.
You know that the child’s Mennonite community in West Texas continues to get hit hard, with 223 cases as of Tuesday. And you ...
In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
At least 58 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable ...
New study reveals fewer Texans identify as Christians—yet evangelical churches holding strong
New research from the Pew Research Center shows surprising shifts in the way Christians in Texas (and nationwide) are ...
Does The Measles Vaccine Become Less Protective With Age?
The measles vaccine—which is technically the measles, mumps, and rubella or MMR vaccine—is usually administered during ...
ABC News5d
Measles cases are still rising in Texas. Here's what you should know about the contagious virus
Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico now have ... lab confirmation of past infection or being born before 1957, when most people were likely to be infected naturally.
Newly Elected Texas Congressman, Who Replaced Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Dies Hours After Attending Trump's Speech
Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston who joined Congress just two months ago, died shortly after ...
Texas Public Radio3d
For him, radio was a ‘window on the world:' Joe Gwathmey, founder of Texas Public Radio, dies at 84
He arrived in the Alamo City in 1988 and became general manager of classical KPAC-FM, and he worked with NPR to create ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN3d
These four Texas counties are among the fastest growing in the country
Texas’ population growth has slowed, but the state’s major urban areas are still adding hundreds of thousands of residents.
The Texas Tribune on MSN4d
Texas Senate majority unveils bill requiring voters to prove their citizenship
All 20 GOP senators signed on to Senate Bill 16, which would apply to currently registered voters, and restrict some to only ...
Do You Need a Measles Booster?
Vaccines are the most effective tools to combat measles. Breakthrough cases — infections among the vaccinated — are extremely ...
Dallas Morning News10d
As the measles outbreak continues in Texas, should some adults get revaccinated?
Weaver, director of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity at the University of Texas Medical Branch. People born before 1957, when measles was widespread in the United States ...