Covenant Health Hospital in Lubbock confirms Texas' first measles death in its facilities
Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, has confirmed the first death in the state from measles occurred at its ...
Texas, local health officials confirm first measles-related death in Lubbock County
Nearly a month after the first reported case of measles in the South Plains, health officials have confirmed the first death ...
CBS News4d
First measles death reported in Texas child as outbreak spreads
Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, has seen "about 20 patients" admitted with confirmed measles cases, and several have needed intensive care, Dr. Lara Johnson, the hospital's chief ...
Ars Technica4d
Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing
Lubbock sits about 90 miles northwest of ... Rumors are reportedly circulating in Texas that the measles virus was brought into the area by an undocumented immigrant. Wells shot down that rumor ...
The Washington Post5d
Texas child is first confirmed death in growing measles outbreak
LUBBOCK, Texas — A child has died of measles here, the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst outbreak of the disease in three decades, state health officials said Wednesday. The ...
CNN6d
Child in West Texas is first US measles death in a decade
The first measles death in the growing outbreak in West Texas was a school-aged child. The child was unvaccinated and had been hospitalized in Lubbock, Texas, said Lauren Adams, Lubbock city ...
Dallas Morning News4d
West Texas doctors urging vaccination after measles death: ‘This is a big deal’
Texas health officials on Wednesday reported the first person ― a school-aged child ― has died in the state’s ongoing measles outbreak after being hospitalized in Lubbock. It’s the first ...
ABC News4d
Texas measles outbreak grows to 146 cases, children and teens most impacted
A person walks past a sign at a health center where the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine is administered in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 27, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images Gaines ...
RFK Jr.’s focus on vitamin A for measles worries health experts
The measles outbreak in Texas has sparked debate over the use of vitamin A, with some health experts warning it may not be ...