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A measles testing site in Seminole, Texas, in February. The outbreak that began in Texas is showing no signs of slowing. Cases have appeared in Ontario, Canada, and Chihuahua, Mexico.

One of the key sources of information about measles for Mennonites in Texas comes from Steinbach. That’s where Die Mennonitische Post, a German-language newspaper, is published 21 times a year.

Nolt also explained that the Mennonites who live in Seminole, Texas, a city at the center of Gaines County — a community known as Low German Mennonites, due to the language they speak ...

Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes of ...

Measles is hitting them hard in West Texas. Who are the Mennonites, and why are they so vulnerable to the outbreak? A San Antonio pastor has the answers.

A woman wearing traditional clothing seen in the Mennonite community carries a child while taking a seat during a service at Community Church of Seminole, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.

SEMINOLE, Texas (AP) — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service ...

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly 150 people, most of them unvaccinated. A school-age child has died. The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where ...

A woman wearing traditional clothing seen in the Mennonite community carries a child while taking a seat during a service at Community Church of Seminole, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.

The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where government mandates are not trusted. This story is part of a collaboration between The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press.

The worst measles outbreak in Texas in 30 years has been linked to an isolated Mennonite community. Last week authorities announced that an unvaccinated six-year-old had become the first casualty ...