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Texas, measles and national institutes of health

Republican congressman says federal cuts won't undermine public health, even as Texas battles measles outbreak

MCKINNEY, Texas — While Texas continues to address a growing measles outbreak, now at 327 cases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a “dramatic restructuring,” cutting 20,000 employees, with half of them being fired.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 23h

How could federal health agency cuts affect Texas? Here's what to know.

Dramatic cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could affect state and local health department in Texas, because those agencies rely on federal funding for a variety of public health programs,

USA Today · 2d

Health officials say federal cuts will hurt Texas’ measles response

Federal grants paid for workers to help with measles testing and vaccination in Lubbock and were going to help equip a Dallas lab.

Texas measles outbreak hits 422 cases

KHOU · 1h

Measles outbreak spreads into counties near Central Texas

The outbreak has expanded beyond West Texas and the Panhandle with confirmed cases in Erath County, southwest of Fort Worth, and Brown County, between Abilene and Killeen. Lamar County in far northeast Texas has 10 cases. Officials say 42 people have been hospitalized.

Midland Reporter-Telegram · 3h

Texas measles outbreak expands with more cases in more counties

The Texas measles outbreak has expanded to 422 cases across multiple counties, 44 hosiptlized for the start of April with health officials urging vaccination.

U.S. News & World Report · 3h

Measles Cases in Texas and New Mexico Rise to 470, State Health Departments Say

The Texas health department reported 422 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase from 400 in its previous count on March 28. Separately, New Mexico reported four additional measles cases from its report on March 28,

5don MSN

Texas HHS office in jeopardy as department unveils 10,000 layoffs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced drastic cuts to the workforce Thursday, and the HHS regional ...

1don MSN

‘The lives of individuals in the US are at stake,’ researchers warn after HHS cancels hundreds of vaccine grants

As preventable infections like measles threaten to become endemic again in the US, researchers whose government grants were ...

STAT21h

Texas judge strikes down FDA’s plan to regulate lab-developed tests

The FDA has long believed it has the power to regulate lab-developed tests, but it only put out the rules under former ...

Austin American-Statesman5d

Funding to fight measles outbreak in Texas hit by DOGE cuts

That funding went to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. "HHSC is currently reviewing the notification from SAMHSA and assessing the impact," said Jennifer Ruffcorn from the state ...

3don MSN

HHS taps anti-vaccine activist to look at debunked links between autism and vaccines, sources say

David Geier has repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism. Working alongside his father, he has published a number of ...

KERA News1d

Federal COVID funding cuts send North Texas health departments scrambling for solutions

Public health departments relied on COVID funding to expand testing, lab and vaccination capabilities. Local health leaders ...

How $11B of Health and Human Services cuts could affect Harris County

Exact figures for local impacts from these cuts weren’t immediately available. Representatives for Harris Health System, the ...

Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy

(THE CONVERSATION) On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced plans to dramatically transform the department. HHS is the umbrella agency ...

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