(26 Feb 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lubbock, Texas – 26 February 2025
1. Various of MMR vaccine on table
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 26 February 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Katherine Wells, Lubbock Public Health:
"So the Texas Department of State Health Services is currently reporting 124 cases associated with this outbreak in West Texas. The 124 is as of Tuesday, February 25th. And then today, on Wednesday the 26th, we unfortunately announced the first death – of a school-age child – from this outbreak."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lubbock, Texas – 26 February 2025
3. Various of check-in for vaccine drive
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Washington – 26 February 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Katherine Wells, Lubbock Public Health:
"So a large outbreak, especially of something as contagious as measles, really requires a multifaceted public health response. And those keys to that response are really first communication, trying to get that information out to community members about the risks and what’s going on. Another one is public health follow up identifying cases. Figuring out who might be exposed and making sure those individuals are getting targeted phone calls to let them know they’re at risk. And then the final one with measles, because we have an effective vaccine that can protect individuals from getting measles, is really getting vaccine out into the community and reaching our unvaccinated populations."
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Lubbock, Texas – 26 February 2025
5. Various of MMR vaccines stored on ice
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Lubbock, Texas – 25 February 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Lara Johnson, Covenant Health:
"The symptoms, especially in the young children and infants that lead to needing to be in the hospital, are primarily respiratory. So measles certainly causes upper respiratory symptoms, red eyes, congestion, cough, but can cause viral pneumonia and also puts you at risk for a secondary bacterial pneumonia to go along with that."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lubbock, Texas – 26 February 2025
7. Sign about presumptive immunity
8. Info about MMR vaccine
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Lubbock, Texas – 25 February 2025
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Lara Johnson, Covenant Health:
"Our teams have been doing a great job making sure we have everything we need, everything in place to provide good care for those patients. Unfortunately, like so many viruses, there aren’t any specific treatments for measles. So what we’re doing is providing supportive care, helping support the patients as they hopefully recover from the virus."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lubbock, Texas – 26 February 2025
10. Various of signs outside public health department directing to vaccine clinic
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Washington – 26 February 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Katherine Wells, Lubbock Public Health:
"This is a vaccine that we’ve given for 50 years. It is one of the most effective vaccines we have on the market. And it is so key that we get everybody, you know, vaccinated that can."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lubbock, Texas – 26 February 2025
12. Wide of public health department building
13. US and Texas flags in wind
STORYLINE:
A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
The school-aged child had been hospitalized and died Tuesday night amid the widespread outbreak, Texas’ largest in nearly 30 years. Since it began last month, a rash of 124 cases has erupted across nine counties.
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