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Texas Measles Outbreak Slows After Major Vaccine Push
A family supports a young child as he receives the MMR vaccine at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, on March 1.
Photographer: Jan Sonnenmair/Getty ImagesThe rate of new measles infections in Texas has slowed as immunity to the virus builds and vaccinations rise.
Texas – the epicenter of the outbreak in the US this year – reported just one new measles infection on May 16, bringing the state’s total to 718 cases.