at The Department of Health, New Mexico, said Thursday that the state has measles for the first time.

Person in New Mexico Test, plus a virus after dying of the state of the state. The official cause of death is still investigated.

Adults who are not vaccinated do not receive medical care before death, Department of Health said.

Learn to spread quickly in West Texas.There are 159 on Tuesday. Most of the cases are in Ganscarty. In the administrative area of ​​Lea County, New Mexico, There are 10 cases specified.

One School -aged children in Texas Last week was the first person to die in the outbreak and the first person died from measles in the United States in the decade.

Most people who have received measles in Texas have not been vaccinated, and children who died.

Experts say that the most effective way to prevent measles is the MMR vaccine. The two volume is 97% effective.

On Sunday, the Secretary of Health and Human Service Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Written in editor That “the vaccine is not only But protecting each child from measles But also participate in the immunity of the community. ”

But Kennedy Activists against vaccines for a long timeStop calling for parents to vaccinate the children. “Decision to vaccinate is personal.” He wrote.