Alyssa Niedrauer is facing vaccine challenges for her son amid rising measles cases, as experts stress vaccination importance for preventing outbreaks.

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated. DALLAS (AP) — The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in an outbreak that led this week to the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child,

How many measles cases are in Texas? What are symptoms you should know? Here are the latest updates. DALLAS — More than 120 cases of measles have been reported in Texas, including one here in North Texas,

Photo: Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March

The measles outbreak in Texas has reached nearly 150 cases, according to a Friday morning update from the state health department. The agency said 146 cases have been identified since late January. Twenty of those patients have been hospitalized, and one school-age, unvaccinated child has died.

The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in an outbreak that led this week to the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child, health officials said Friday. The

The only way to prevent measles infection is with the measles, mumps and rubella (or MMR) vaccine, said Dr. Zachary Most, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, who specializes in pediatric infectious disease.

The latest update comes two days after the first death was reported in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.

The measles outbreak that started in late January in West Texas has infected dozens of people and killed a school-aged child according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. It comes as health officials released exposure concerns in San Antonio and Central Texas.

One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, the Texas Department of Health Services said in an update today. This is 22 more confirmed cases since an update on Tuesday,

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