Lubbock County in Texas has been free of measles cases for more than 50 days. But Katherine Wells, director of the Lubbock Health Department, is staying vigilant.

There have been at least 1,309 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year. Hundreds or thousands of other families have ...

In an update on Tuesday, July 15, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 762 confirmed cases of measles in the West Texas outbreak. The cases reported went ...

A confirmed case of measles has been reported in Putnam County. Here's what the Monroe County Health Department suggests to ...

In an update on Tuesday, July 15, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 762 confirmed cases of measles in the West Texas outbreak. The cases reported went ...

Katherine Wells, Lubbock Health Department’s director, looks through a vaccine log on March 17. Wells and her staff are working to stem the measles outbreak in the Lubbock area as well as ...

In Lubbock County, 92% of kindergarteners reported being vaccinated against measles in the 2023-2024 school year, about 2 percentage points lower than the state average, according to latest state ...

Dr. Ron Cook, community health authority of Lubbock, and Katherine Wells, director of Lubbock Public Health, speak about a recent measles case with in the city on Jan. 30, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas.

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. Credit: AP/Mary Conlon “We have tried to be extremely ...

Lubbock's health department is hosting measles vaccine clinics at 2015 50th Street on the following days and times: Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LUBBOCK, Texas — A child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious — but preventable ...