As a measles outbreak in West Texas grows, the response from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has leaned heavily on treatment with vitamin A.

The West Texas cases are concentrated in Gaines County, which has 45 infections. Terry County to the north has nine confirmed cases, while Lubbock and Lynn counties have one case each and Yoakum ...

At hospitals in Lubbock, babies with measles are struggling to breathe. Dr. Summer Davies, a Texas Tech Physicians pediatrician, has treated about 10 patients, most very young or teens. She said ...

The city of Lubbock, Texas is celebrating its 116th anniversary. Lubbock was incorporated as a city on March 16, 1909, and by the census of 1910 had 1,938 people, according to ...

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Lubbock Public Health will once again host a free measles vaccine clinic as cases continue to rise in the South Plains and Panhandle region, with Texas reporting its first death in Lubbock last week.

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, a school-aged child was hospitalized in Lubbock last week after testing positive and has died from the virus. As of Feb. 25, 124 cases ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. The Texas Department of State Health ...

2025 in Lubbock, Texas. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images The Texas death was the first measles death recorded in the U.S. in a decade, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.