The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of ...

The measles outbreak in West Texas is significantly impacting the region's Mennonite community. Here's what we know about ...

The state's largest measles outbreak in 30 years has been largely tied to a Mennonite community in rural West Texas. Earlier ...

An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and one death has largely been linked to a local Mennonite community.

In Texas, the virus has concentrated on the Mennonite community in Gaines County. One of the county’s local public school district with only 143 students, according to 2023-24 school year data ...

A measles epidemic in West Texas is unlikely to be the ... originated in Gaines County. Most of those infected are Mennonites, a Protestant religious group that’s been an integral part of ...

With an ongoing measles outbreak, Texas has already seen more ... experience immigrating to the region. The Mennonite families who moved to Gaines County were reliant on agriculture, Siemens ...

The West Texas cases are concentrated in Gaines County, which has 57 infections ... undervaccinated” Mennonite community — especially among families who attend small private religious schools ...

Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease. The death, of a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S ...

The outbreak is largely spreading in the Mennonite community in an ... In New Mexico, all the cases are in Lea County, which borders Gaines County in Texas. The state health department has said ...

The number of measles cases reported over the past month is also far higher in Gaines County than in any other county in Texas. The outbreak started in that county in late January when two cases ...