As of Tuesday, 24 cases were identified in Gaines County, with nine patients hospitalized. All of the cases are unvaccinated, DSHS reported.

This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Rekha Lakshmanan, chief strategy officer for The Immunization Partnership in Houston, a nonprofit that advocates for vaccine access. “I think this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

At least 58 cases of measles have been reported in West Texas within the last three weeks — marking the largest outbreak in the state in close to 30 years. The dozens of reported cases have mostly affected children,