Texas Medical Association (TMA)

State Attorney General Ken Paxton is accusing the Texas Medical Association of undermining new federal vaccine guidelines after the group included additional organizations in its list of resources for doctors.

Two infants have died from whooping cough in Louisiana in the past six months as Texas reports a significant surge in the vaccine-preventable illness. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious, potentially fatal respiratory disease. Infants who are too young to be vaccinated and immunocompromised people are most susceptible.