Houston Chronicle Texas health officials reported eight new measles cases on Tuesday, with the outbreak spreading to three new counties.
The Texas Department of State Health Services has reported 717 measles cases amid the largest outbreak in the United States in at least 25 years. But the outbreak has appeared to slow recently; Texas reported 26 cases during the one-week period that ended Friday, its lowest one-week total since Valentine’s Day.
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