Health officials announced this week that the measles virus was detected in the Austin-Travis County area’s wastewater.

“Day cares can be a terrible place to have a measles outbreak,” said Dr. Tina Tan, a pediatric infectious diseases physician and president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. “There’s going ...

Local health officials residents to make sure they are up to date with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination.

There are no new confirmed measles cases to report in Texas this week, according to the state, but Austin's health department has detected the measles virus in wastewater.

Public Health officials in Central Texas have detected traces of a highly contagious disease in Austin-Travis County ...

Measles has been found in the waste water in Austin. One of the most contagious diseases, measles is preventable through ...

Dropping vaccination rates and changes in U.S. vaccine policy have public health experts concerned that annual measles outbreaks could become more frequent.