Texas reports first measles death in decade as outbreak spreads across US

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Houston: Health officials in Texas have confirmed the death of a unchanged child with measles, which has identified the first death related to the most infectious disease in the United States in the United States, as the country is facing increased outbreaks and vaccination rates.

The death has come to the forefront of a decrease in vaccination rates across the country, the latest issues are focused in a minonite religious community that historically shown hesitation in the vaccine.

It comes at a critical moment for the US health because Kennedy, who has long spread lies about measles, mamps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, begins his tenure as secretary health.

The state health department said in a news release, “The child who was not saved was admitted to the hospital in Lubbock last week and had positive experience for measles.”

A statement from Lubbak City confirms that the child died “within the last 24 hours”.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 130 cases of measles have been reported in western Texas and neighboring New Mexico, the majority of unmanageable children.

Eighteen has been admitted to the hospital in Texas, and health officials have warned that the outbreak is likely to increase.

Addressing reporters during President Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting, Kennedy rejected the situation, “This is not unusual. Every year you have to spread measles.”

He also called the number of casualties as two – but neither Texas nor New Mexico departments said they knew about any additional deaths.

“Although many measles outbreaks in the United States have not resulted in the outbreak of the United States,” told AFP, John Hopkins University’s contagious disease physician.

“The measles still kills more than 100,000 people every year worldwide,” said Adalja. One of the reasons is that the vaccine has been developed and this vaccine is important for individuals. “

“These deaths can be stopped almost completely.”

Religious waiver

The center of this outbreak is the Guinness County, which is the home of a major menonite population, a Christian sect that has a history of vaccine hesitation.

The Texas law allows vaccine waivers for the reasons for conscience, including religious beliefs.

Disease control and prevention centers (CDC) recommend a 95 % vaccination rate to maintain “flock immunity”.

However, coverage between kindergarters has dropped from 95.2 % in the academic year of 2019-2020 to 92.7 % in 2023-2024, with about 2880,000 children weakened.

The last US measles died in 2015, when a female virus in Washington died of pneumonia. She was vaccinated but she was taking immunoscopic medicines. Earlier, the previous recorded measles died in 2003.

** Air -driven risk **

Measles is a very infectious respiratory virus when an infected person has breath, cough or sneezing, spreads through droplets. This pose a serious threat to the unlucky people, including children under 12 months who are generally not eligible for vaccination, and they weaken the immune system.

During the outbreak, one in five affected people need to be hospitalized, and one in 20 produces pneumonia.

In rare cases, measles can cause swelling in the brain and can be fatal. It also increases the risk of pregnancy complications, including premature birth and low birth weight.

According to the CDC, the United States reported 285 cases of measles in 2023. The biggest recent outbreak took place in 2019, with 1,274 cases – mainly in the Orthodox Jewish communities in New York and New Jersey – the most national total total in decades.

Before introducing measles vaccine in 1963, it is believed that millions of people agree to the disease annually, and several hundred died. While the measles was eliminated in the United States in 2000, the outbreak remains every year.

The RFK JR has repeatedly and incorrectly connected the MMR vaccine to autism, the claim has been completely eliminated by scientific research.

In its first operation, the Federal Health Department postponed a routine meeting of an independent advisory panel that offers vaccine recommendations to the CDC.