Fox Health: New Mexico reports Texas measles outbreak has now crossed its border

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New Mexico reports Texas measles outbreak has now crossed its border

The worst measles outbreak to hit Texas in a decade has now crossed the Texas New Mexico border and there are now eight cases in Lea County....                        ...                        ...                            ...The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of State Health and Services (DSHS) has been tracking an ever-growing measles outbreak that has nearly doubled in the last two weeks.......When first reported on Feb. 5 in Gaines County, officials warned there would be additional cases......."Due to the highly contagious nature of this disease, additional cases are likely to occur in Gaines County and the surrounding communities," the alert said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The outbreak is the worst You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and now the highly contagious disease has spread into New Mexico.......The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is testing residents and has confirmed three cases just last week, bringing their total to eight.......The cases meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outbreak criteria due to the three unrelated cases in Lea County, bordering Gaines County.......Although the New Mexico outbreak is close in proximity, a connection remains unconfirmed. ......"We are investigating every suspected case, and we encourage sick individuals with symptoms consistent with measles to seek medical care," said Dr. Chad Smelser, NMDOH Deputy State Epidemiologist. ......As with many other cases, six of the eight infected You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. There are four adults and four minors. Two of the adults say they believe they were vaccinated as children.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......NMDOH has notified potentially exposed individuals and is providing prevention guidance. They have You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login containing a list of locations warning people that if they visited during specified times they may have been exposed.......Lea County is offering free no-appointment-needed vaccinations at five public health vaccination clinics over the next two weeks....

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