A child hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died. It's the first death in an outbreak that began last month.
Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease. A Gaines County resident died in Lubbock, Zach Holbrooks, public health ...
Measles causes a fever, rash and cough, among other symptoms, and can be particularly harmful for babies and young children, ...
State medical experts have confirmed 124 cases of measles in Texas. This is the largest measles outbreak in Texas in 30 years. Here is how it started and an overview of the situation, as of Feb. 25.
The West Texas measles outbreak continues to see more confirmed cases and, on Wednesday, the outbreak's first death. Weather might be playing a role.
An unvaccinated school-aged child who was hospitalized with measles has passed away, marking the first death in the outbreak, according to Lubbock and state health officials.
The unvaccinated school-aged child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades.