With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles

Signs let people know that measles vaccines are available at the old City Hall in Andrews on March 6, 2025. Andrews is about halfway between Seminole in Gaines County, where the outbreak originated, and Odessa.

The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between providers makes testing people and transporting samples difficult.

The Texas Tribune