The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday.

Texas state officials first issued the Health Alert earlier this month after several cases of measles were reported in Gaines County, Texas. The first two reported cases occurred in late January.

The city of Seminole is the seat of Gaines County, Texas, and the epicenter of the current measles outbreak. It’s located in a vast, flat region filled with ranchers and peanut and cotton farmers.

Texas health officials have confirmed 48 measles cases in four counties in West Texas three weeks after the first reported ...

At least 24 cases of measles have been detected in Gaines County, Texas, the state’s Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said this week as it warned that additional cases were likely ...

The ongoing measles outbreak in Texas’ South Plains region is now ... The vast majority of the cases are from residents of Gaines County about 350 miles west of Dallas, where the outbreak ...

The impacted counties are Gaines, Lynn, and Terry Counties, with Yoakum County being the newly impacted county. What is measles? What you need to know about Texas cases, symptoms and vaccine Texas ...

Health officials confirmed Tuesday that two dozen people have been identified with measles in Gaines County, Texas, which has one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the entire state.