An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.

An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.

Researchers developed a groundbreaking early detection method that identified the measles virus in Houston wastewater samples in January, days before official cases were reported. The innovative ...

FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Measles virus popped up in Houston wastewater weeks before a notorious Texas outbreak of the highly infectious disease started in January, a new study says.

The infection matches a strain of the virus that is found internationally, and the family recently traveled outside of the ...

The Texas measles outbreak that sickened hundreds of people earlier this year is officially over, according to state health officials. The Texas Department of State Health Services declared in a news ...

Measles outbreaks in close to half of U.S. states are responsible for over 900 confirmed cases in 2026, according to the ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A Texas Children's Hospital nurse was fired after posting about a toddler, who tested positive for measles, on an anti-vaccine Facebook page. The hospital sent the following ...

When measles began spreading earlier this year in northwest Texas, it didn’t take long for the state to reach 50 cases for the first time in three decades. That milestone was a far cry from the 1,097 ...