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Measles complications can include pneumonia, hearing loss, meningitis, and death.

At least 23 Kansans have tested positive for measles. Health officials urge full vaccination against the disease.

Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the spread.

The measles outbreak has claimed at least two lives so far. Texas will share its own update on the outbreak on Friday.

It’s now been two years since New Mexico legalized recreational cannabis, and sales data shows Texans are helping what’s become a multi-million-dollar industry for the state. Despite that, Texas lawmakers seem even farther from approving any sort of marijuana reform than they were just a few years ago.

The Upper Colorado River Commission – comprised of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico – is set to announce details of an extended “System Conservation Pilot Program” through which water users could be paid to cut back on their use.

As Texans seek abortions in the only neighboring state to allow them, opponents of the procedure follow them across the border, hoping to create more “sanctuary cities for the unborn.”

Traveling out of state could be the only option for Texans who want abortions. But the cost and logistics may make it an option that’s out of reach for many.

Sales soared during the first week recreational recreational marijuana was legal and dispensaries in small towns near the Texas state line did big business.

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is considering adding clinics near the Texas border, but says immediate demands are unsustainable.