The Luna County Detention Center, located in the southwest New Mexico city of Deming, houses about 400 incarcerated people ...

LEA COUNTY, N.M. — The measles outbreak in New Mexico is growing as state health officials are now reporting eight cases in one county. NMHealth officials said a family of five in Lea County all ...

New Mexico health officials warned of a potential measles threat due to two cases of measles in Gaines County, Texas.The first measles case was reported on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

As of Tuesday, April 8, the total number of measles cases in New Mexico this year is 56. All but three of the cases are in Lea County, two are in Eddy County.

LEA COUNTY, NM — The New Mexico Department of Health confirmed that the measles case count in Lea County has risen to 52, with 2 cases in Eddy County, for a total of 54 cases across the state.

The New Mexico Department of Health has announced measles has spread to a third county in New Mexico. The health department says an unvaccinated child in Chaves County has been diagnosed with measles.

Measles cases in New Mexico rise The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) to declare an outbreak on Feb. 14. NMDOH reported there are now eight confirmed cases of measles confined to Lea County.

Adrian Hedden . Carlsbad Current-Argus. Lea County measles outbreak puts New Mexico on alert. Two adults were reportedly infected with measles in Lea County, and state health officials said the virus ...

— The New Mexico Department of Health confirmed the first case of measles this year, reported in Lea County. State health leaders say the patient is an unvaccinated teen in Lea County.

Five inmates in a county jail in southwestern New Mexico have tested positive for measles, bringing the number of cases reported statewide to 86 since February, according to the state Department of ...

The highly contagious and vaccine-preventable illness has been spreading in New Mexico since February, starting first in Lea County — just across the border from the epicenter of the historic ...

New Mexico had 81 confirmed measles cases Tuesday, with Thursday’s announcement bringing the total to 86. One state resident died of measles in March. The adult was unvaccinated and did not seek ...