Note: The above video shows the top headlines from the morning of July 8, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas – In an update on Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 753 confirmed cases of measles in the West Texas outbreak.

It's insane how it is 2025, and we had a measles outbreak in Midland - Odessa and also in West Texas. While media outlets are not reporting it daily as they had been earlier this year, it remains a persistent issue in our region.

Measles cases have surpassed a recent 2019 record to reach the highest level since 1992, with at least 1,289 cases reported in 39 states.

As of July 1, 753 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas, with 53 cases in Lubbock County and 414 cases in Gaines County. The Texas Department of State Health Services has provided

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. The national case count reached 1,288 on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though public health experts say the true figure may be higher.

Measles cases in the US have reached a 33-year high, with nearly 1,300 cases reported in the last seven months, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – The Texas Department of State Health Services reported the first case of measles in 2025 in Bexar County. The agency announced the new case in its weekly update published on Tuesday. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

The U.S. has now recorded more confirmed measles cases this year than in any year in well over a quarter-century.

While weekly reported cases have slowed over the past few months, the CDC’s figure surpasses the high of 1,274 cases in 2019 and marks a grim milestone for the U.S. as immunization coverage wanes across the country and the federal government’s vaccine policy shifts under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.