Feb 11, 2025 · Lea County borders Gaines County in Texas, which is investigating an ongoing measles outbreak with at least 15 confirmed cases. However, the New Mexico youth had no recent travel or exposure to known cases from the Texas outbreak. ... New Mexico had two measles cases in 2024 – they were the first measles cases since 2021. ...

14 hours ago · The first case of measles in Lea County prompted the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) to declare an outbreak on Feb. 14. The first case was in an unvaccinated teen; the second in an ...

1 day ago · LEA COUNTY, N.M. — The measles outbreak in New Mexico is growing as state health officials are now reporting eight cases in one county. NMHealth officials said a family of five in Lea County all ...

6 days ago · The New Mexico Department of Health declared a measles outbreak in a southeastern New Mexico county. The declaration on Friday came a day after the department confirmed two additional cases of measles among adults in Lea County. Earlier this week, the DOH confirmed a teenager in Lea County was diagnosed with measles.

6 days ago · New Mexico meets the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outbreak criteria with three unrelated cases in Lea County. The cases border Texas’s Gaines County, where cases have jumped from 2 to 48 cases in two weeks. ... Free measles vaccination clinics in Lea County: No appointment needed at five public health offices over the next ...

Feb 14, 2025 · LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Health declared a measles outbreak in Lea County Friday. The decision comes after two adults in the county tested positive for the diseas…

2 days ago · The New Mexico cases are in Lea County, which borders Gaines County in Texas. The cases include a family of five that’s in isolation, the state health department said Tuesday, but none of those infected have needed to be hospitalized. Six people who have measles are not vaccinated, officials said.

Feb 11, 2025 · LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Health confirmed the first measles case of 2025 in New Mexico. NMDOH’s scientific laboratory confirmed the infection in an...

Feb 11, 2025 · State health officials confirmed Tuesday that a Lea County teenager was infected with measles, prompting a regional health alert and opening vaccine clinics in the area.

Feb 11, 2025 · The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has confirmed one case of measles in a teenager from Lea County. This child did not have any reported or known exposure to the ongoing measles outbreak