In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center ...

In 2025, one of us announced the death of an unvaccinated child from a measles outbreak − the first such death of a child in the United States since 2015. As leaders of local health ...

The death of the child, who was not vaccinated for measles, was confirmed by state and local health officials and comes after weeks of a growing outbreak that spans Texas and New Mexico.

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(Julio Cortez / AP) The measles outbreak that began in West Texas has now grown to well over 100 cases, with confirmed cases across Texas and New Mexico and possible ...