A measles outbreak is spreading across the South Plains, with 90 reported cases. Public health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated to help prevent further spread.

A warning has been issued for three Texas cities after someone with measles visited them while contagious. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DHSH) shared the warning on Monday "so unvaccinated people may monitor themselves for symptoms and seek testing if symptoms occur.

Lubbock Public Health will host MMR vaccine clinics this week at 2015 50th Street. The drive-up clinics are available to the community at no cost and no appointment is necessary.

The U.S. declared measles eliminated in 2000 "thanks to a very high percentage of people receiving the safe and effective measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine," the CDC said, but now U.S. coverage among children of kindergarten age is below the 95 percent coverage target, which creates a higher risk for outbreaks of the virus.

With Lubbock seeing its first measles case in decades, health officials are warning individuals again of the rising number of cases in region.

The Hays County Health Department has issued an alert of a potential measles exposure in San Marcos. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has issued an alert of a potential measles exposure there.

Measles cases continue to grow in an outbreak in west Texas, with state health officials ... by nine in Terry County and one to two in Lubbock, Lynn and Yoakum. Thirteen patients have been ...