Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the U.S.

As measles cases rise, officials struggle to combat disinformation

Even though measles cases are on the rise nationally, cities and states in the midst of the outbreak “find themselves undermined by the Trump administration as they struggle to provide crucial vaccinations and overcome disinformation,” as reported in the Minnesota Reformer.Speaking of cuts to health-related programs, MPR News reports that Minnesota’s health safety net could be hit by hefty cuts. “Minnesota’s Medicaid program, known as Medical As…

8 States Weigh Bills to Establish or Expand Exemptions to School Vaccine Mandates

Should parents, students and employees be allowed to claim religious exemptions from vaccine mandates? That’s the question an increasing number of state lawmakers are being asked to decide as they consider a new wave of proposed bills. Arizona is one of eight states that have introduced bills during the 2025 legislative session to establish or expand exemptions to school vaccine mandates, according to Dawn Richardson, advocacy director for the N…

Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. Are we headed for more of the same across the US?

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. Health officials say the easily preventable disease has ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed…

Texas faces a preventable crisis, with more than 540 cases of measles concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates, which reveal the failure of health policies that privilege cuts on prevention. READ ALSO Venezuela receives shipment of polio vaccines from Cuba Federal immunization funds have been frozen for years, while Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine figure, withdraws millions destined for key programs.On the o…

Why did the CDC shelve a warning about measles and the need for vaccination?

The Centers for Disease Control recently buried a warning about the potential for more measles outbreaks and the need for people to get vaccinated, according to a new report from ProPublica.

Measles outbreak: Stagnant and cut vaccine funds could impact US

Immunization programs nationwide have been left brittle by years of stagnant funding from federal, state, and local governments.