As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...

As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is currently on the ground in Texas, collaborating with the local ...

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures ...

Of the 124 measles cases in West Texas, only five have been confirmed in vaccinated individuals. Officials and news organizations attribute the outbreak primarily to the Mennonite communities ...

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures—and ...

The state's largest measles outbreak in 30 years has been largely tied to a Mennonite community in rural West Texas. Earlier this month, Lara Anton, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of ...

What began in a tight-knit West Texas Mennonite community ... such as these, are primed for measles' spread. “We’re still in free-fall,” Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children ...

Mennonites are part of the wider Anabaptist ... some moved to such areas as Gaines County and other communities in Texas and nearby states in the 1980s and 1990s. All along, they have preserved ...

“The Mennonite church allows for free choice ... The HHS did not respond to repeated inquiries by The Hill regarding the measles outbreak in Texas and what the department may do to assist ...