When a measles outbreak hit West Texas this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who ...

HOUSTON — 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 ...

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 ...

Months after public health officials say they caused the nation’s largest measles surge in 30 years, some West Texas ...

Utah border are growing. In South Carolina, more than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, middle and ...

The study also suggests that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

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.

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.

Scientists are determining whether multi-state outbreaks are linked to the West Texas outbreak that started earlier this year ...