LUBBOCK — A school-aged child has died in Lubbock from measles, the first death reported in an ongoing outbreak that has infected more than 120 people in West Texas since January, Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed on Wednesday.
According to state officials, the child, who was unvaccinated, was hospitalized in Lubbock last week. State and local officials would not say whether the child lived in Lubbock or where the child was infected with the measles. The Associated Press first reported the death on Wednesday.
