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.

21, the Texas Department of State Health Services ... “Most of the cases are in a close-knit, under vaccinated Mennonite community in Gaines County. The important nuance here is that it is ...

Gaines County is the epicenter of the outbreak with 45 confirmed cases. The county had the highest unvaccinated rate in the state this school year at 18 percent, according to state health data. Texas ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mennonites who live in Texas' Gaines County generally claim religious exemptions from vaccines—according to The Texas Standard—and the majority of cases are concentrated among that community.

SEMINOLE, Texas — When Aganetha Unger ... While there is a wide variety of beliefs in different Mennonite communities, the group that settled in Gaines County chose the area for its lack 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 ...