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Coverage dated May 26, 2025

Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier

Headline from MedicalXpress

Texas this year has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals and led to the death of two children who were unvaccinated.

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  1. MedicalXpress

    Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier (opens MedicalXpress)

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    Texas this year has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals and led to the death of two children who were unvaccinated.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Amid measles outbreak, Texas lawmakers vote to make school vaccine exemptions easier (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Amid measles outbreak, Texas poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Texas lawmakers sent a bill to the governor that would make it significantly easier for parents to send kids to school without standard vaccinations.

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