A child has died of measles in Texas, officials said — the first death from the highly contagious disease the United States ...

Texas authorities on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's outbreak of the highly contagious disease.

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An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and one death has largely been linked to a local Mennonite community.

HHS head and longtime vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed the outbreak’s severity while his organization blamed the vaccines themselves.

An unvaccinated child hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died from the illness, marking the first death of the highly contagious disease since 2015. So far, 124 people have contracted measles ...

Robert F. Kennedy, in his first comments on measles as the new Trump health secretary, says the outbreak is not unusual. 'We ...

Officials say the school-aged child was not vaccinated and was hospitalized in Lubbock last week after testing positive for ...

At least 124 cases have been reported since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who were unvaccinated or whose ...

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

A school-aged child has died in Lubbock from measles, the first death reported in an ongoing outbreak that has infected more ...