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Lubbock added to outbreak zone; officials lower age for MMR amid multi‑county measles spread
Summary
Lubbock Public Health announced that the measles outbreak that began in January 2025 has spread across West Texas and into neighboring states, and that the Texas Department of State Health Services on April 7 expanded its designated outbreak zone to include Lubbock County.
Lubbock Public Health announced that the measles outbreak that began in January 2025 has spread across West Texas and into neighboring states, and that the Texas Department of State Health Services on April 7 expanded its designated outbreak zone to include Lubbock County.
The designation means Lubbock County residents should follow revised MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccination recommendations, including offering a first, early MMR dose to infants as young as 6 months, public health officials said.
Dr. Catherine Wells, a Lubbock Public Health official, said the outbreak’s first two confirmed cases were children from Gaines County who were hospitalized in Lubbock and “these marked the first confirmed cases of measles in the South Plains in over 20 years.” She said the outbreak has since…
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