2 school-age children have died in Texas measles outbreak, as total cases pass 480

Illustration of measles virus infection showing giant multinucleated cells seen during microscopy of biopsy specimens, known as Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells.

A second child has died of measles in Texas amid the ongoing outbreak of the highly infectious disease, state officials announced.

On Sunday (April 6), the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported that, prior to death, the school-age child had tested positive for measles and was being treated in a hospital in the city of Lubbock. They died on Thursday (April 3) of measles pulmonary failure, the child's doctors said.