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Measles cases are rising in the US as Texas outbreak spreads: Here's what to know

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24 cases of the disease have been identified in Gaines County , Texas , over a two-week period.

All of the cases are in unvaccinated residents of the northwestern Texas county.

Nine patients have been hospitalized in the outbreak.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported a case of measles in an unvaccined teenager in Lea County .