Officials at Legacy Traditional School – Cibolo said Thursday they had confirmed a measles case in a first-grade classroom. They later said the case was actually rubella.

A child’s death this past week in Texas is the first U.S. death from measles, a highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease since 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease

Legacy Traditional School-Cibolo maintains that a student tested positive for rubella. The state said it's not aware of any cases here.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health confirms there's been no reported cases of measles since the city had an exposure on February 14, when a visitor tested positive

Schoolcraft says small outbreaks of Measles are not uncommon. He warns that residents should not panic. It is believed that the child who tested positive for Measles does not live

Mexia ISD updated its notice to the public about a possible measles exposure to say a school nurse confirmed it is a case of rubella.

The warning against measles parties comes days after an unvaccinated child died of measles in Lubbock County about month after an outbreak began in West Texas.

The first confirmed case of German measles, also known as rubella, has been reported in the San Antonio area. This case should not be confused wit

Metro Health emphasized that the most effective way to prevent both measles and rubella is the MMR vaccine which has a 97% of effectiveness.

Officials say an individual who tested positive for the virus in West Texas traveled to two major universities and one of the nation's busiest tourist attractions — the San Antonio River Walk.

The measles outbreak that began in West Texas has now grown to 159 confirmed cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Tuesday afternoon.