With two confirmed measles cases in Travis County and a large outbreak in West Texas, adults might be wondering whether they need to get a booster shot to protect against the highly contagious disease ...

A nurse administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic organized by the Travis County Mobile Vaccine Collaborative at Rodriguez Elementary School on July 28, 2021. “Vaccine exemption requests ...

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An increase in early measles vaccination may have ultimately curbed cases during the 2025 outbreak in Texas, based on an analysis of data from more than 80,000 children. In August 2025, the Texas ...

Texas this year has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals ...

Signs in English, Spanish and German inform people about measles prevention in the Gaines County Court House in Seminole, Texas. (Justin Rex For The Texas Tribune, Justin Rex For The Texas Tribune) ...

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(The Texas Tribune) - Texas school districts are coming back from summer with a rising number of parents asking for vaccine exemption forms and a new law that will make those documents even easier to ...