LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A beautiful Friday over the South Plains, however, it’s a different story for the weekend.

There are now 198 confirmed measles cases in the South Plains region. The Texas Department of State Health Services reports 23 of those patients have been hospitalized. Last week, Lubbock health officials confirmed the first death from the outbreak.

There are 198 cases of measles across Texas and the South Plains, with 94% of cases in six counties, and the best way to prevent getting sick is to be immunized with two doses of a vaccine against

In its latest update, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said there were 124 cases of measles across Texas and the South Plains.

The update raised the number of confirmed cases since January to 198, with 23 patients hospitalized. At least two people have died — an unvaccinated person in New Mexico and an unvaccinated child in Lubbock.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The number of confirmed measles cases across West Texas has surpassed 100. 124 measles cases have been identified since late January and has since spread from the Permian Basin to the Panhandle.

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.

there have been 124 reported cases impacting nine counties in Texas - mostly in the South Plains and Panhandle region - with 18 patients having been hospitalized. Dr. Lara Johnson, chief medical officer for Covenant Health Hospital in Lubbock, said none of ...

Lubbock Public Health will be hosting a free MMR vaccine clinic as cases continue to rise and Texas reporting its first death in Lubbock last week.

City of Lubbock health officials urge caution, vaccine amid Texas growing measles outbreak City confirms ... Due to this nature, both state and local health officials in the South Plains and Panhandle are urging individuals to receive the measles, mumps ...

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.