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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/18/measles-outbreak-could-last-a-year-texas-public-health-official-predicts/

Texas public health official predicts the measles outbreak could take a year to contain
Once eliminated in the U.S., the virus could become endemic again

The expanding measles outbreak that has spread from West Texas into New Mexico and Oklahoma could take a year to contain, a public health leader in the area where the outbreak started warned on Tuesday.

Katherine Wells, director of public health for the city of Lubbock, said the outbreak is still growing, with capacity to transmit both locally and further afield through spread to pockets of unvaccinated individuals. Though the response teams have been stressing the importance of vaccination, uptake of vaccines “has definitely been a struggle,” Wells said.

To date Texas has recorded one death in this outbreak, in an unvaccinated school-aged child. New Mexico has recorded 38 cases and one death, in an unvaccinated adult. Oklahoma has reported four confirmed cases, all in unvaccinated individuals. [/quote]

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