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Health

Health

  • The South Plains Public Health District has clinics in four cities across the region.
    South Plains Public Health District
    There are at least 24 confirmed cases of measles in Gaines County. Many cases were among school-aged children, and at least nine patients have been hospitalized as of Tuesday afternoon. All were unvaccinated against measles. In the wake of the outbreak, health officials are urging people to get vaccinated.
  • Local officials are working on ways to expand health care access in south Brewster County.
    Travis Bubenik
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    Marfa Public Radio
    The small Big Bend area community could soon be home to a modular, telehealth-powered clinic that’s been touted as an innovative approach to improving rural health care access.