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US reports first measles death since 2015

A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District in Brownfield, Texas, the United States, on February 23, 2025 [Julio Cortez/AP Photo]

The United States has reported its first measles death in a decade after an unvaccinated child fell ill amid an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in Texas.

The school-aged child died overnight after being hospitalised in Lubbock, northwest Texas, the state’s health department said in a statement on Wednesday.

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