The first measles death in nearly a decade was reported in Texas as outbreaks are growing and cases have now started popping up on the East Coast. Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York City are on
Earlier this week, the U.S. saw its first death from measles since 2015. In New York, there are two measles cases confirmed in the New York City area. No cases of measles have been recorded in Monroe County since 2019.
A rapidly spreading outbreak of measles in Texas has killed two people, US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said on Wednesday. They are the first mortalities from measles in the US in nearly a decade.
The current outbreak is centred in north-western Texas, with measles also recently found across the state's border in New Mexico, as well as Alaska, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New York City and Rhode Island,
Your Local Epidemiologist New York explains the latest on New York public health, including a measles outbreak in nearby Bergen County, flu levels remaining high, and the reversal of DOGE's attempt to cut funding to an essential 9/11 first responder health program.
In New Jersey, a measles patient who recently traveled abroad had close contact with two other people who were later diagnosed with the disease.
The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas.
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