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An unvaccinated child has died from measles in west Texas

By Samantha Larned

Published February 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM CST

An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas. The death comes after weeks of a growing outbreak that has sickened more than 130 people in Texas and New Mexico, most of them children.

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