Unvaccinated child dies in Texas measles outbreak

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in Texas – the first death in an outbreak that began last month and the first from measles in the US since 2015.

The death was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been admitted to hospital last week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said on Wednesday in a statement.

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