The El Paso Department of Public Health released an advisory Feb. 13 asking health care providers to report suspected measles cases to the city’s epidemiology team while the pat

Health officials expect a measles outbreak in West Texas to exceed 100 cases because of low vaccine rates and undetected infections. Vaccine misinformation and new laws may make such situations more common and harder to contain.

Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state.