Public Health

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the West Texas town that has been the epicenter of the outbreak.

Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

A new report by Oklahoma’s Division of Government Efficiency lays out several major policy shifts for the state. Ideas include eliminating $157 million of federal health care support, much to the consternation of policy experts and some Republicans.

The agency provided a notice for a public setting exposure site in Western Oklahoma.

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

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

Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.

The map allows Texans to type in an address or zip code to see where the over-the-counter drug Narcan can be purchased or obtained for free.

In Lubbock, federal grants helped hire workers to help with measles testing, vaccination to combat the outbreak that has spread to 15 counties.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports these cases are among unvaccinated individuals in northeastern Oklahoma.