The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the last confirmed measles death in the United States was in 2015. There are also nine measles cases in eastern New Mexico, but the state health department said there is no direct connection to the outbreak in Texas.
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Normally, most U.S. cases are brought into the country by people who have traveled overseas. So far, Texas state officials have reported 124 cases. New Mexico has reported nine. Experts point to declining measles vaccination rates worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Measles is continuing to spread across the south. About 140 people have been infected in Texas and New Mexico, and now there is a new case in Kentucky. Doctors here in Connecticut say that the younger you are,
There’s been increasing anxiety over the last several weeks about an outbreak of measles in Texas and New Mexico. Public health officials in the Southwest are sounding the alarm — including Will Humble,
A second person has reportedly died of a measles infection, this time in New Mexico, as the virus continues to spread in the United States.
Concerns have grown across the U.S. as a measles outbreak spreads across portions of Texas and New Mexico. Now the virus has been confirmed in an adult in Kentucky.
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A measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginning. It’s an
Most of the cases across both states are in people younger than 18 and people who are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.
The person who died was unvaccinated and did not seek medical care, though the virus has not been confirmed as the cause of death.