Once thought to be a dormant disease, Texas has experienced a recent uptick in measles cases among school-age children.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported in early February about six cases of measles that had been identified in Gaines County, which is located in rural West Texas along the New Mexico border. Each of these cases, the DSHS notes, were “among unvaccinated school aged children” in the county.
