Texas now has 400 measles cases after the state health department said another 73 have been confirmed since Tuesday.

Local leaders say the oil boom has caused strains that their city and county budgets can’t keep up with. Two West Texas lawmakers want to divert 10% of the roughly $8 billion that oil and gas companies pay the state in so-called severance taxes to ...

The Texas measles outbreak has expanded to 422 cases across multiple counties, 44 hosiptlized for the start of April with health officials urging vaccination.

Top counties reporting the greatest numeric growth were Harris ... Located in the Permian Basin in west Texas, the oil and natural gas industry based there continues to break production records in Texas and the U.S., The Center Square reported.

The case involves a woman between the ages of 50-60, according to the Fort Bend Health and Human Services department, which said the case is associated with recent international travel and not the outbreak in West Texas,

The measles outbreak in west Texas continues to spread across the Lone Star State and has now expanded into the state's central region.