Federal funding cuts have led to the closure of vaccination clinics in Texas as the state grapples with an outbreak of measles. There has been an outbreak of measles across several states, mostly affecting the unvaccinated.

Steep federal funding cuts have forced public health officials in one of Texas’ most populous counties — Dallas — to cancel dozens of vaccination clinics and lay off 21 workers on the front lines of combatting the state’s growing measles outbreak.