Dozens of free measles vaccination clinics across Texas have been abruptly canceled, as steep federal funding cuts hit local public health operations. In Dallas County, over 50 planned clinics—many scheduled for schools in areas with low immunization rates—have been scrapped,

Cuts to federal funding cuts forced the Dallas Department of Health and Human Services to lay off 11 staff and 10 temporary workers. Many of the terminated employees worked in immunization outreach.

Steep federal funding cuts have forced public health officials in one of Texas’ most populous counties — Dallas — to cancel dozens of vaccination clinics and lay off 21 workers on the front lines of combatting the state’s growing measles outbreak.