The Latest Breaking News from Measles

Texas officials reported the death of a second school-age child in the state's ongoing measles outbreak.

The unvaccinated 8-year-old was from a community in Texas experiencing a large measles outbreak.

The unvaccinated school-aged child, who had no underlying health conditions, tragically died from lung failure while receiving treatment for measles at a Texas hospital.

The unvaccinated school-aged child, who had no underlying health conditions, tragically died from lung failure while receiving treatment for measles.

A measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads.

The child is the second confirmed measles death in the the latest outbreak – and the second in the past decade

A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. The U.S. health secretary was in West Texas to visit the family.

Officials reportedly said child died from ‘measles pulmonary failure’ having had no underlying conditions

The Trump administration clawed back $12 billion in grants for state and local health departments, leading to vaccine clinic cancellations.

Some great news came out of Texas this week. Great, that is, if you happen to be one of the better-known viral diseases. Measles is going gangbusters, and in cases at the Covenant Children’s hospital in Lubbock, now comes as a twofer with liver poisoning caused by elevated levels of…