The measles outbreak in Texas has reached nearly 150 cases, according to a Friday morning update from the state health department. Health officials said 146 cases have been identified since late January,

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated

Measles was considered to be eliminted in the U.S. in 2000, thanks to vaccine developments. But vaccination rates have dropped since the covid pandemic began.