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 ...

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 ...

(The Texas Tribune) Before the pandemic helped fuel the growth of vaccine politicization across the country, less than 1% of Austin school district’s kindergarteners in the fall of 2019 failed to ...

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas. This week, an unvaccinated child died ...

Before the pandemic helped fuel the growth of vaccine politicization across the country, less than 1% of Austin school district’s kindergarteners in the fall of 2019 failed to comply with the state’s ...

More than 1,700 measles cases have been confirmed so far in the U.S. this year.

As South Carolina tries to contain its measles outbreak, public health officials across the nation are concerned that the ...

The Tribune examined kindergarten measles vaccination compliance because it’s the earliest the state documents school vaccination rates and measles can be especially deadly for young children. The ...

This story was first published on Oct. 13, 2025 by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, ...