The first death of the report in Texas when Kennedee retisitated the outbreak of the disease.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Secretary for Health and Human Services on Wednesday, it seems to have a measles outbreak in Texas West Texas who killed a school -aged child.

The death of the child, which is the first time from this disease in the past decade in the United States, has been confirmed by Katherine Wells, the director of the Public Health Department at the Lubbock Department of Texas, the child has not been vaccinated to prevent measles.

At least 124 infectious diseases – most of them are children – in West Texas.

“We are following the spread of measles every day,” said Kennedee during the meeting with the Cabinet of President Donald Trump at the White House. In this country last year there were 16, so it’s not unusual. We have an outbreak of measles every year. “

Kennedee also said that two people died in the outbreak and the people in the hospital did so. “Most of the quarantine”

Wells, the director of Lubbock and another spokesman in the city, said that there was only one death in Texas. They said they confirmed with the state health agencies after Kennedee’s opinion on Wednesday.

If the second death of the city spokesman said “We know this”

HHS does not respond to the request immediately.

Dr. Lara Johnson, a medical pediatrician and the leader of the medical staff at the Coveant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock said in the previous email that all children who were hospitalized with measles were treated because they had a problem of breathing. There is no treatment in any hospital that has been vaccinated to prevent measles.

Johnson said that her team took care of the children “about 20” with measles that Texas health service Reported that there was 18 hospital treatment, but the number seems to be lagging behind, she said

The outbreak is limited to some of the bordering Texas next to the New Mexico, which has reported. nine In case of learning– The health officials in Texas are working to see if there is a case connection.

It’s not clear how the outbreak occurs.

The Tesxus Department of Disease Control and Prevention Center told NBC News that Ginotype test has linked the outbreak of the D8 virus that circulated in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean region of the World Health Organization.

No sample ever Linked to the vaccine–

Death in Texas is the first measles reported in the United States since 2015 when Ying Washington died. After receiving the health clinic that The last time the child died from measles. In the United States 22 years ago in 2003 according to CDC

Learn to be considered as eliminated in the United States. In 2000, CDC said because of the widely used vaccine (MMR).

Two shots are 97% effective in the prevention of diseases and most of our children get them as the CDC recommends: one size, about 1 age and about 5

But The hesitation of the vaccine increases over time.Little children get their pictures. Number of children with The vaccination exemption is high to high levels all the time. In 2023 CDC said that 3% of children entered kindergarten

In Genes, County Texas, the center of outbreaks at present, almost 18% of the vaccine exemption rate for academic year 2023-2014. Department of Health–