Second child reportedly dies of measles in Texas amid growing outbreak [View all]
Source: The Guardian
A second child with measles has died in Texas amid a steadily growing outbreak that has infected nearly 500 people in that state alone.
The US health and human services department confirmed the death to NBC late Saturday, though the agency insisted exactly why the child died remained under investigation. On Sunday, a spokesperson for the UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child had been hospitalized before dying and was “receiving treatment for complications of measles” – which is easily preventable through vaccination.
The family of the child in question had chosen to not get the minor vaccinated against the illness.
Meanwhile, the New York Times described the child as an eight-year-old girl who had died from “measles pulmonary failure” early on Thursday. The outlet cited records it had obtained.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/texas-measles-death-child
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