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Texas measles outbreak reaches 90 cases

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Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, largest in over 30 years

A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 90 cases, mostly among unvaccinated children, state health data published Friday shows.

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Texas Measles Map Shows Hardest Hit Counties as Outbreak Grows

The U.S. declared measles eliminated in 2000 "thanks to a very high percentage of people receiving the safe and effective measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine," the CDC said, but now U.S. coverage among children of kindergarten age is below the 95 percent coverage target, which creates a higher risk for outbreaks of the virus.

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Measles outbreaks rise to nearly 100 cases between Texas and New Mexico. Here's what you should know

Measles is a respiratory virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if exposed, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Why Texas measles outbreak may be ‘the tip of a bigger iceberg’

Texas' measles outbreak is now at 90 cases, the highest yearly case count since 1992. Experts say the number is likely to ...

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Measles outbreak: What are signs, symptoms of the illness

Measles can live in the air for two hours after a person who was infected leaves. Symptoms can appear seven to 14 days after ...

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Measles Is Rampaging Through Rural Texas: Dozens Sick, Hundreds Feared Infected

The highly contagious virus has infected dozens of people so far, if not more, leaving at least 13 hospitalized.

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