The measles brand appears at the University of Texas Health Center, February 25, 2025, in Lubok, Texas.
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A hospital spokesman confirmed on Sunday, when a second child died in schools in West Texas due to measles.
Aaron Davis, a spokesman for the UMC health system in Lubok, said that the child “is receiving a treatment for measles complications while entering the hospital” and has not been vaccinated. The hospital refused to say what day the child died.
The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not include nor the services of the Ministry of Health in Texas to death in the measles reports issued on Friday. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Government and the Ministry of Health and the US Humanitarian Services immediately did not respond to the suspension requests on Sunday.
An insecurity child died due to measles in February in Lubuk-the first death of measles in the United States in a decade ago. In early March, he became an adult in New Mexico and was not fortified and did not seek to obtain a second -bound death.
More than two months later, West Texas is believed to have spread to New Mexico, Aklahoma and Kandas, which destroyed nearly 570 people. The World Health Organization has also reported Texas -related cases in Mexico.
The number of cases in Texas increased by 81 between March 28 and April 4, and another 16 people were taken to the hospital. There is a team of American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the ground in Texas to help respond to the outbreak.
At the level of the country, the United States has more than twice the number of measles it seen in 2024.
Health Minister Robert F. Kennedy Junior, a long -time active, is a lukewarm message about the importance of measles vaccination, saying that he should be encouraged while doubting the safety of the vaccine. Measles, mumps, and descriptions of Al -Qahim were safely used for more than 60 years, 97 % effective against measles after two doses.
Experts and local health officials expect that the disease will continue for several months, if not general. In West Texas, the vast majority of cases are in non -fortified people and children under the age of 17.
With the presence of many countries facing the outbreak of vaccine disease that can be canceled, some states are concerned that measles may cost the United States and put it as getting rid of the disease.
Measles are the respiratory virus that can remain in the air for up to two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people, they will get the virus if exposed, according to the Center for Disease Control. The first shot is recommended for children between the ages of 12 and 15 months, and the second for ages of 4 to 6 years.