LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) A child who wasnt vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious but preventable respir… [+5826 chars]
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade - The Associated Press
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015. The school-aged child had been hospitalized and died Tuesday night amid the w…
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