A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
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Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
A child who wasn't vaccinated has died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
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Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the U.S. in a decade
A child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
Growing concern over measles outbreak
In Texas, officials are reporting that one unvaccinated child has died of measles. Officials say at least 124 people have been infected and 18 people hospitalized. Almost all have been babies and children who are unvaccinated or awaiting their second dose.
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.
An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
The death was a 'school-aged child who was not vaccinated' and had been hospitalized, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement.
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