
Terri Langford
Health and Human Services Reporter at Texas Tribune
@TexasTribune health/human services reporter. Dog mom. Pro-outdoors/bikes. Speaks fluent health care policy. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
cleburnetimesreview.com | Pooja Salhotra |Terri Langford
When Daisy Hildebrand became the second Texas child to die of measles on April 3, her physicians reported — per the state health code — the 8-year-old’s death to local officials in Lubbock where she died and in tiny Gaines County where the girl lived. In deference to the girl’s family, who planned to bury her the following Sunday, officials determined that sharing the news with the public could wait until the following week.
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1 week ago |
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Pooja Salhotra |Terri Langford
ANTI-VACCINE THREAT Anti-Vaccine Advocates Battle Over Narrative in West Texas, Downplaying Role of Measles in DeathsPublished 16 April 2025After Daisy Hildebrand died of measles, her death was made public first by Dr. Robert Malone, a vaccine skeptic who blamed the hospital for fumbling her care. Daisy’s father told The Texas Tribune he never to spoke to Malone.
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1 week ago |
texastribune.org | Pooja Salhotra |Terri Langford |Yuriko Schumacher
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When Daisy Hildebrand became the second Texas child to die of measles on April 3, her physicians reported – per the state health code – the 8-year-old’s death to local officials in Lubbock where she died and in tiny Gaines County where the girl lived.
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1 week ago |
krgv.com | Terri Langford |Stephen Simpson |Eleanor Klibanoff
"Texas measles cases rise to 541. Here is what you need to know." was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
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2 weeks ago |
oaoa.com | Terri Langford
By Terri Langford, The Texas TribuneThe Texas Department of State Health Services this week released an updated set of vaccine recommendations for 10 West Texas counties at the center of an ongoing measles outbreak that has so far claimed two children’s lives and infected more than 500 people in the region.
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Such a far cry from when as a Texas high school senior, they just passed these forms out. Or made them available in the library.

proposed legislation in TX making it a class A misdemeanor for an officer or employee of the state (or county) to distribute voter registration forms to people unless they actively request it https://t.co/1AOmEvDXyt

Former U.S. Attorney and Elon Musk attorney John Bash first to announce run to replace Attorney General Ken Paxton https://t.co/0KnUTlVVBr via @TexasTribune

Push for Texas to weaken vaccine mandates persists as measles surge https://t.co/Nc3lR1wVjw via @TexasTribune