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Child in West Texas is first US measles death in a decade


The first measles death in the growing outbreak in West Texas was a school-aged child.

The child was unvaccinated and had been hospitalized in Lubbock, Texas, said Lauren Adams, Lubbock city spokesperson. Officials did not answer questions regarding the patient's specific age, any other health issues, or details about the patient's schooling in a press conference jointly hosted by Covenant Health and the City of Lubbock Public Health on Wednesday.

This is the first US measles death since 2015, when a woman in Washington state died.

The number of confirmed measles cases reported in an outbreak in West Texas is now at 124, the Texas Department of Health Services said in an update Tuesday, an increase of 34 since late last week. Most of the cases are in children ages 5 to 17.

At President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, he deferred a question about the measles outbreak in Texas to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, who said, "We are following the measles epidemic every day."

Kennedy said during the cabinet meeting that there had been two measles deaths but Texas officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon there has been only one death. New Mexico officials said no measles deaths have been reported in the state.

Eighteen people have been hospitalized so far in the outbreak. All have been unvaccinated.





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Don't vote for dotards- they'll kill you with previously eradicated diseases.


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Edited: 02/26/2025 at 05:32 PM by fishkller