Austin leaders provide updates on measles in Texas, urge vaccinations amid outbreak

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Public Health, the health department for the city of Austin and Travis County, is expected to provide an update Friday on the current situation of measles in Texas, as well as the level of threat locally.Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease spread by contact with an infected person through coughing and sneezing. It can stay in the air and on surfaces for two hours, even after the infected person has left. RELATED | Multiple Central Texas health departments