Texas Department of Health Services

A new county has joined the outbreak list this week. The Department of State Health Services confirmed four outbreak-linked cases in Fannin County. Fannin is next door to Lamar County, where the state confirmed five new measles cases this week.

There were no new measles outbreak cases to report in Texas in the last week, and the number of counties on the Texas active outbreak list has dropped to two.

Senate Bill 31 comes after reporting found that confusion surrounding Texas' abortion ban had resulted in the deaths of at least two women. After receiving final approval from the Texas House on Thursday, the bill now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott.

The bill would allow a vaccine exemption form to be downloadable. Currently, a form must be requested from the state and mailed to the recipient.

Judge Janis Jack, who called Texas' foster care system 'broken' in a 2015 ruling against the state that started the process of federal court oversight, may not be done with the case she presided over for 13 years just yet.

This brings the West Texas outbreak to more than 600 cases since the outbreak began in late January.

The virus was discovered in an animal that had been tested for rabies.

Fifty-eight patients have been hospitalized since the outbreak began in late January.

Two measles cases have been reported at Fort Bliss and in the city of El Paso; Juárez reports four cases.

Texas keeps public in the dark on its agencies actions or inactions in child abuse and neglect deaths