Stephen Simpson

1 week ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Terri Langford |Stephen Simpson |Yuriko Schumacher

The number of cases reported in Texas' historic measles outbreak has risen to 683 cases in 29 counties, as of May 2. Of those, 89 patients have been hospitalized, and two school-aged children have died since the outbreak began in January. Twenty new cases were added on Friday, since the last update on Tuesday. On Friday, three counties reported their first cases: Upshur in northeast Texas, Eastland, east of Abilene and Hardeman on the Oklahoma border.

1 week ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Terri Langford |Stephen Simpson |Yuriko Schumacher

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1 month ago | mysanantonio.com | Eleanor Klibanoff |Stephen Simpson |Terri Langford

How do you prevent measles? Can you get sick if you’re vaccinated? Has anyone died during this outbreak? Where else in Texas have there been measles cases this year? Do we know how measles arrived in Gaines County? When was the last time Texas had a measles outbreak? What do we know about Gaines County’s Mennonite community? Who is most vulnerable to measles? How bad can a measles infection get? What are state and local agencies doing to manage this?