When a measles outbreak hit West Texas this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who ...

A recent measles outbreak in West Texas triggered a dramatic surge in school absences, far exceeding the number of children ...

Months after public health officials say they caused the nation’s largest measles surge in 30 years, some West Texas ...

In his first year as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an immediate impact on Texas with his Make America Healthy Again movement, inspiring bipartisan legislation that warns ...

On a typical busy day at the Seminole Family Medical Clinic in Seminole, Texas (population, 7386), Leila Myrick, MD, PhD — who’d moved to the rural town 5 years earlier after graduating from Emory ...

The United States may be on track to lose its measles elimination status for the first time in 25 years as health officials confirm that two major U.S. outbreaks are linked to the same measles strain.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) confirmed on November 10, 2025, that the Americas have officially lost their status as a region free of endemic measles transmission, raising serious ...

ADDISON, TEXAS Leila Myrick, MD, PhD, of Seminole, was awarded the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Public Health Award during TAFP’s Annual Session and Primary Care Summit in Addison on Nov. 15.

As signs point to a more-severe-than-normal flu season this year, hospitals might see more congestion among patients and in physical capacity. Several variables are intensifying this outlook as a new ...