A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children. Gaines County, which borders New Mexico, has one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state.

A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.

West Texas faces a measles outbreak, with 10 unvaccinated people infected, mostly children. Health officials expect more cases and emphasize the importance of the MMR vaccine as vaccination rates fall and exemption requests rise in Texas.

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.

As another community in Texas confirms positive measles cases, here's what to know about symptoms of the highly contagious virus that impacts children.

Physicians say a measles inoculation rate of roughly 95% achieves herd immunity. Pike and Wayne fall short by some of Pa.'s widest margins.

Health officials in Texas are battling a growing measles outbreak in an area that has some of the state's lowest vaccination rates and highest non-medical exemptions. On January 30, officials reported two measles cases in unvaccinated,