Measles Outbreak Reported Among Children in Texas

So far, 10 cases have been confirmed in Gaines County in the western part of the state, health officials say.

An undated image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle (C). The Canadian Press/AP-Cynthia Goldsmith/CDC via AP

Officials in Texas confirmed a measles outbreak impacting children in Gaines County, in the western part of the state, over the past two weeks.

So far, 10 cases have been identified “with symptom onset within the last two weeks.” Eight of the cases occurred in school-aged children and two cases were in children under 5, the Texas Department of State Health Services said on Feb. 7. Seven of those patients have been hospitalized.