Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?
The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of ...
The Hill6d
Why the Texas measles outbreak was ‘inevitable’
Physicians in the state say the current situation was “inevitable” due to the low rates of vaccination among the largely Mennonite community. As of Feb. 21, the Texas Department of State ...
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that ...
Newsweek5d
The Religious Community at the Center of Texas' Measles Outbreak
The majority of measles patients in Texas—85 percent—are children. Most of the cases have been concentrated in the under-vaccinted, close-knit local Mennonite community, according to Texas ...
The Texas Tribune5d
West Texas measles cases rise to 124. Here is what you need to know.
In Texas, the virus has concentrated on the Mennonite community in Gaines County. One of the county’s local public school district with only 143 students, according to 2023-24 school year data ...
Dallas Morning News3d
Why Texas measles outbreak may be ‘the tip of a bigger iceberg’
Texas health officials believe the ongoing outbreak began in a Mennonite community in Gaines County. The county seat, Seminole, sits near the New Mexico border, about 350 miles west of Dallas and ...
San Antonio Current5d
West Texas measles cases rise to 90
In Texas, the virus has concentrated on the Mennonite community in Gaines County. One of the county’s local public school district with only 143 students, according to 2023-24 school year data ...
Voice of America5d
Nearly 100 cases of measles reported in Texas, New Mexico
Texas state health department data shows that ... that cases have been concentrated in a "close-knit, undervaccinated" Mennonite community — especially among families who attend small private ...
An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
The death was a 'school-aged child who was not vaccinated' and had been hospitalized, the Texas Department of State Health ...