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Most students receive measles vaccine

by | Mar 6, 2025 | Area news, Education, Latest

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reports 94.35% of Texas kindergarteners were vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella as of the 2023-24 school year, with 93.31% of Collin County kids having received the vaccines.

As of Monday, March 3, the department reported 150 cases in nine counties including the death of an unvaccinated child who was hospitalized in Lubbock along with his parents. Twenty-two of the patients have been hospitalized.

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