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Texas Ends Measles Outbreak With No New Cases Since July
Signs point to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District in Seminole, Texas in February.
Photographer: Jan Sonnenmair/Getty ImagesTexas declared an end to the state’s measles outbreak on Monday, after a surge of infections this year drove the US to its highest rate in three decades.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said there have been no new cases in areas with previously high transmission for 42 days, double the virus’s incubation period. Since January, the state has recorded 762 total cases. Two unvaccinated children died from measles-related complications.