The West Texas measles outbreak continues to grow, now possibly spreading into the central part of the state and neighboring New Mexico, health officials said Friday.

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the consequences.

A measles outbreak in a rural area of West Texas, has now grown to nearly 150 cases, the state's largest outbreak in nearly 30 years. This, just days after an unvaccinated child in Lubbock died of the disease,