Steep federal funding cuts have forced public health officials in one of Texas’ most populous counties, Dallas, to cancel dozens of free measles vaccination clinics and lay off 21 workers combating the outbreak, NBC News reported April 1.
“I just had to tell our commissioners this morning that we’ve had to cancel over 50 different clinics in our community,” Philip Huang, MD., director of Dallas County Health and Human Services told the news outlet.
Here are four more updates:
- Many of the canceled measles clinics were scheduled for schools in the area with reported low vaccination rates, according to Dr….