The study also suggests that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

Scientists are determining whether multi-state outbreaks are linked to the West Texas outbreak that started earlier this year ...

The Tribune examined kindergarten measles vaccination compliance because it’s the earliest the state documents school vaccination rates and measles can be especially deadly for young children. The ...

Before the pandemic helped fuel the growth of vaccine politicization across the country, less than 1% of Austin school district’s kindergarteners in the fall of 2019 failed to comply with the state’s ...

This story was first published on Oct. 13, 2025 by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, ...

A Texas Tribune analysis has found an increase in the number of kindergarteners who don't meet the state requirements for measles vaccines or for submitting paperwork for an exemption. In one school ...

Texas News More Texas kindergarteners are coming to school without measles vaccination proof or exemptions In school districts and charter networks with the most vaccine delinquencies, as many as 44% ...

Before the pandemic helped fuel the growth of vaccine politicization across the country, less than 1% of Austin school district’s kindergarteners in the fall of 2019 failed to comply with the state’s ...