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. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise ...

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures ...

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A close-knit population of devout Mennonites has found itself at the center of Texas' latest measles outbreak, which has now spread west to New Mexico.. Why It Matters. Measles was thought to be ...

A measles outbreak in West Texas is impacting the Mennonite community. 80 cases have been detected in Gaines County. Mennonites have been skeptical of vaccinations in recent years.

The state's largest measles outbreak in 30 years has been largely tied to a Mennonite community in rural West Texas. Earlier this month, Lara Anton, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of ...

SEMINOLE, Texas (AP) — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service ...

SEMINOLE, Texas (AP) — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service ...

As measles — a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 — spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, Klassen is sticking to an approach on vaccines that is a key tenet for Mennonites ...

SEMINOLE Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service. Sitting elbow-to ...

As measles - a preventable disease the U.S. considered eliminated in 2000 - spreads through West Texas’ rural expanse, Klassen is sticking to an approach that’s a key tenet for Mennonites.

News of a measles case in Seminole, population 7,200, put doctors on a “shared high alert,” said Dr. Martin Ortega, a family physician for Texas Tech Physicians in Odessa, about an hour away.