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Texas child is first reported measles death in U.S. as outbreak spreads
A child who was hospitalized with measles has died from the illness in West Texas, state and local health officials announced Wednesday, Feb. 26. It is the first death in a measles outbreak that ...
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Your questions on measles, symptoms and the MMR vaccine, answered by experts
In late February, a child died of measles after being hospitalized in that outbreak. State and local health officials said the patient who died was an unvaccinated school-aged child, but did not ...
Measles is unlike other viruses: What to know about long-term complications
Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...
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How physicians should talk to parents of unvaccinated children who have contracted measles
The ongoing measles outbreak in west Texas and a neighboring county in New Mexico has grown to more than 200 cases, concentrated in unvaccinated children. Twenty-three people have required ...
Protecting children from the growing threat of measles
Dr. Chris Foley, chief of clinical operations at CHKD, says measles is very preventable if vaccination rates increase.