Texas Measles Outbreak Now At Over 300 Cases

The Texas Tribune reports:

The number of measles cases has risen to 309 as the historical outbreak continues to rage on in West Texas and three new counties report infections, according to state officials on Friday. Of those, 40 patients are hospitalized. As of Friday, most of the measles cases –– 211 –– were centered in Gaines County, about 90 minutes southwest of Lubbock on the New Mexico border.

Last month, Texas officials reported that an unvaccinated child died from measles, the first death from the virus in a decade. With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts. Most of Texas’ measles cases are in

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