Fox Health: First measles death reported in West Texas amid growing outbreak

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First measles death reported in West Texas amid growing outbreak

The first measles death has been reported in West Texas amid the outbreak that has infected more than 100 people, Associated Press reported on Wednesday morning....                        ...                        ...                            ...The first measles death has been reported in West Texas You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that has infected more than 100 people, Associated Press reported on Wednesday morning.......Melissa Whitfield, a spokesperson for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center confirmed the death to AP.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login...... The patient's identity and age were not shared.......Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AP.......As of Tuesday, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login had affected 124 people across nine counties, according to a statement from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).......Cases have also been spreading to New Mexico, with a total of nine confirmed in that state so far.......The DSHS first confirmed the outbreak on Feb. 5.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The agency added that the best way to prevent sickness is to receive two You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login against measles, "primarily administered" as the combination measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunization.......Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel weighed in on the first measles death, citing vaccination non-compliance as the likely reason that the disease is spreading through Texas and now into New Mexico.......Siegel suggested that high exemption rates for You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, which are now under 85% compliance, are to blame. The majority of cases have occurred in unvaccinated individuals, mostly school-aged children. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Keep in mind that for herd immunity (where those who cannot be vaccinated because they are pregnant or immunocompromised and can't take a live vaccine are protected), we need a vaccination rate of around 95%," he told Fox News Digital. ......"In Texas, it is currently at 91%, and more bills for further exemptions are before the state legislature."......The doctor stressed that measles is "wildly contagious among unvaccinated individuals" and that the hospitalization rate is one in five, according to CDC data.......As You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in one out of every 20 measles cases, Siegel said this could explain the recent measles death......."Of the 124 patients so far, there are 18 hospitalizations, probably most from pneumonia," he shared. "There are likely hundreds more cases that are not being reported."......This is a developing story....

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