Health officials have declared a measles outbreak in West Texas, with 15 confirmed cases and one in a bordering county in New Mexico. The New Mexico Department of Health has confirmed their first measles case of the year -- Just after dozens of cases were reported in a West Texas county.
According to health officials, it was found in a teenager, who says they didn’t have any known exposure to the ongoing measles outbreak in nearby West Texas.
At least three of the New Mexico cases are in Lea County, which borders Gaines County in Texas. The state health department has said people may have been exposed at a grocery store, an elementary ...
Texas and New Mexico are not the only border states that have seen an increase in measles cases recently. A year ago, measles was found in Missouri.
A measles outbreak in the southwestern United States has infected nearly 100 people in recent weeks. The deadly illness has sickened dozens of people in west Texas and New Mexico since late January. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed 90 cases of measles,