Amid the outbreak of measles in West Texas, there’s a question of how contagious the disease is — and whether it will spread in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. So far, nearly 160 cases have been reported from the outbreak;

Texas’ largest measles outbreak in more than three decades grew to 198 cases on Friday, nearly 25% more than health officials reported earlier this week. The latest update from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows that 23 people have been hospitalized amid the outbreak,