West Texas Measles Outbreak Grows To 223 Cases

Lubbock’s ABC affiliate reports:

its latest update, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said there were 223 cases of measles across the South Plains.

Twenty-nine patients were hospitalized, according to DSHS. According to DSHS, 80 of the cases did not have a measles vaccine, and 138 had an “unknown status.” Vaccine details for 11 cases were still pending.

If you were born between 1957 and 1968 and received an older MMR vaccine, health officials recommend getting vaccinated again. Adults born before 1967, pregnant women and people with severe immunodeficiency were not recommended to get the vaccine.

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