The Texas Department of State Health Services said there were 24 cases of measles in Gaines County on Tuesday, Feb. 11. All of the cases are unvaccinated residents of the county. Of the cases, six of them were children ages four and under,

Texas health officials have confirmed 24 total cases of measles in Gaines County and a new case in Terry County on Tuesday. Here's what we know.

Two dozen cases of measles have been reported in a small West Texas county that has one of the state’s highest vaccine exemption rates. In Gaines County, which has a population of about 22,000, 24 cases of the airborne infectious disease have been reported since late January. Most of them are unvaccinated, school-aged children.