How government lapses delayed a r...

How government lapses delayed a response to a measles outbreak in El Paso

The El Paso Matters Podcast by Diego Mendoza-Moyers
S1 · E34
May 8, 2026
21:10

Episode notes

Lack of communication and coordination between different levels of government led to confusion and delayed a response to contain the measles outbreak in the El Paso area. El Paso Matters Health Reporter Priscilla Totiyapungprasert joins the El Paso Matters Podcast to discuss her investigative reporting on how the government response increased the risk of measles exposure in El Paso. You can read Priscilla's reported at elpasomatters.org.

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Measles
El Paso
Texas

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