The Mennonite population is being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas. Here's a closer look at the Anabaptist family ...

The state's largest measles outbreak in 30 years has been largely tied to a Mennonite community in rural West Texas. Earlier ...

The measles outbreak in West Texas is significantly impacting the region's Mennonite community. Here's what we know about ...

An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and one death has largely been linked to a local Mennonite community.

Physicians in the state say the current situation was “inevitable” due to the low rates of vaccination among the largely Mennonite community. As of Feb. 21, the Texas Department of State ...

The majority of measles patients in Texas—85 percent—are children. Most of the cases have been concentrated in the under-vaccinted, close-knit local Mennonite community, according to Texas ...

In Texas, the virus has concentrated on the Mennonite community in Gaines County. One of the county’s local public school district with only 143 students, according to 2023-24 school year data ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that ...

Texas, and the epicenter of the current measles outbreak. It’s located in a vast, flat region filled with ranchers and peanut and cotton farmers. There’s also a large Mennonite population ...

Mennonite leaders have talked publicly about ... and the cases spread through a Tarrant County megachurch. In total, Texas saw 27 measles cases in 2013, which was the highest yearly count in ...

Texas allows for an exemption from immunizations for reasons of conscience, including religious belief. This has made the close-knit Mennonite population of Gaines County, which typically shuns ...