Texas Department of Public Safety

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

With cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas and other states will have to spend more on public health. The biggest expense of a measles outbreak is the public health response in shutting down the outbreak.

The Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday confirmed 24 more cases of measles since last Friday.

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.

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

Texas reports drop in child abuse and neglect deaths but the numbers don’t tell the whole story.

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.

Authorities say Maria Margarita Rojas presented herself as a gynecologist without a medical license.

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