A measles outbreak is spreading across the South Plains, with 90 reported cases. Public health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated to help prevent further spread.

Lubbock Public Health will host MMR vaccine clinics this week at 2015 50th Street. The drive-up clinics are available to the community at no cost and no appointment is necessary.

Gaines County schools have among the lowest vaccination rates in Texas. The measles outbreak there is a portent for the rest of America.

The U.S. declared measles eliminated in 2000 "thanks to a very high percentage of people receiving the safe and effective measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine," the CDC said, but now U.S. coverage among children of kindergarten age is below the 95 percent coverage target, which creates a higher risk for outbreaks of the virus.

Mere hours after Texas state health officials confirmed a total of 48 measles cases in West Texas in recent weeks, Lubbock health authorities confirmed the first case involving a Lubbock County resident. According to Lubbock Public Health, the case of ...

With Lubbock seeing its first measles case in decades, health officials are warning individuals again of the rising number of cases in region.