At least 58 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable outbreak — suspect 200 to 300 people may be infected.

Measles is a highly contagious disease. Here's what you should know about how to protect yourself against measles, as well as what's happening in Texas and New Mexico.

The number of measles cases in Texas has grown to 90 with two more West Texas counties reporting infections, according to the state health department update on Friday.

The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases in the last four days, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Friday.

A record-breaking outbreak of measles continues to worsen in western Texas — and has now spread over the border into eastern New Mexico, according to health officials. Cases of the highly contagious respiratory virus in the Long Star State have climbed to 90 as of Friday — nearly double what they were one week ago,