welcome
USA Today

USA Today

Health

Health

'In this for the long haul': Texas surpasses 500 measles cases since January

USA Today
Summary
Nutrition label

81% Informative

On Tuesday , Texas confirmed 505 measles cases in 22 counties.

About 70% of these cases have been in children under the age of 18 .

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Gaines County , Texas , over the weekend to "be with the community in their moment of grief" The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a total of 607 cases in 21 states on April 3 .

Do adults need a measles booster? Most vaccinated adults are immune to measles and do not need a booster shot, according to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases . Contributing: Mary Walrath-Holdridge , Natalie Neysa Alund , Terry Collins , Phaedra Trethan , USA TODAY Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY . Story idea? Email her at gcross@usatoday.com..

Small business owner?

Otherweb launches Autoblogger—a revolutionary way to bring more leads to any small business, using the power of AI.