Dozens of free measles vaccination clinics across Texas have been abruptly canceled, as steep federal funding cuts hit local public health operations.

The money was part of a grant originally related to COVID-19 but is now being used to curb the spread of measles.

Federal grants paid for workers to help with measles testing and vaccination in Lubbock and were going to help equip a Dallas lab.

Texas' measles outbreak has brought renewed attention to the state's politically chared vaccine debate. Here's how elected officials are responding.

The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with a total of 422, according to new data published Tuesday.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which reported one new measles case in the past week, now has a possible link to the Texas outbreak.

Measles cases have been reported in 20 U.S. jurisdictions so far this year - Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New

Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with outbreaks — defined as three or more cases — include New Mexico,

She lived in the outbreak area and had no known underlying health conditions. Her family is part of the Mennonite communi

Hundreds of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees waited on line to find out if they still had a job. The Trump administration is trying to cut 10,000 full-time jobs from the department.

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and

Tarrant County Public Health let go of some employees funded by federal grants in late March, as nationwide cuts have left health departments across the U.S. and North Texas scrambling.

Mass firings took place today at federal health agencies amid the Trump administration's slashing of federal jobs.

The Trump administration says the layoffs of up to 10,000 people at the Health and Human Services Department are expected to save $1.8 billion annually.

CDC, FDA, NIH are among agencies shedding thousands of workers. Some senior leaders and entire divisions are being cut.

Kennedy's silence is prompting questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike, with a bipartisan request for President Donald Trump's health secretary to appear before a Senate committee next week to explain the cuts.

The reduction is expected to have wide-reaching consequences for the state's public health efforts, according to MDH Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham.

Employees of the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began getting dismissal notices in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people​.