Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

> The #measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

> The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say.
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Measles: How stagnant vaccine funding helped Texas outbreak spread

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. Health officials say the easily preventable disease has ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the fu…

^{Laura Ungar (AP News)}