02/26/2025

The First U.S. Measles Death Reported in West Texas

The outbreak now affects more than 130 people

The first person known to have died from measles in the U.S. in a decade was announced by health officials on Wednesday and described as a "school-aged child" who perished in a children's hospital in West Texas, as a Texas outbreak has grown from a handful of cases to more than 130 across two states.

The child was not vaccinated against the disease, the Texas health department said in a statement on Wednesday. Media accounts say the child died at a Lubbock, Texas hospital overnight.

At least 124 people were known to be infected in West Texas since early February, Texas health officials announced, most of them children.

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