Measles parties echo chicken pox parties from decades ago, when people would deliberately expose themselves or others to someone with a confirmed case in an attempt to spread the virus in a controlled environment. The chicken pox vaccine was introduced to the public in 1995, largely ending the practice.

At a public event last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher ed would get less funding if they don’t “kick DEI out of their schools,” a few weeks after lawmakers proposed a massive cut to public universities.

The warning against measles parties comes days after an unvaccinated child died of measles in Lubbock County about month after an outbreak began in West Texas.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick and his wife Brittany Mahomes returned home to Texas on Monday, Feb. 3 to see his former school play in Lubbock.

Texas Tech had T-shirts made referencing the Red Raiders' win in Houston a few weeks ago. UH had its retort after getting a little payback in Lubbock.

Kansas basketball had some momentum again, after a pair of Big 12 wins. But there was a bigger test awaiting the Jayhawks on Saturday vs Texas Tech.

While educator diversity is slowing across the country, these 3 regions are pushing ahead. But researchers have questions about how

chief of infectious diseases at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, emphasized the critical role of vaccination in combating the viral infection. "The last documented reported ...