Fox Health: New Mexico adult dies of measles a week after Texas child died during outbreak

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New Mexico adult dies of measles a week after Texas child died during outbreak

An unvaccinated adult in New Mexico who was infected with measles has died. The person didn't seek medical treatment, officials said. The death comes amid an outbreak in nearby Texas....                        ...                        ...                            ...A You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login adult infected with measles has died, state officials said Thursday. ......The death comes eight days after an unvaccinatedYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login from the disease during a growing outbreak in the state that has infected nearly 160 people.......The adult was not vaccinated and didn't seek medical help before dying, although the cause of death is still under investigation.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The victim lived just across the state line from the west Texas region where the outbreak is centered. ......"We don't want to see New Mexicans getting sick or dying from measles," said Dr. Chad Smelser, deputy state epidemiologist. ......"The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is the best protection against this serious disease."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said earlier this week it would send a team to help respond to the outbreak in Texas.  ......The adult is the 10th person in Lea County, New Mexico, confirmed to have contracted measles. ......Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Fox News this week he You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login during the outbreak, but he also continues to advocate for personal choice. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"We're going to do what's right for the American people," Kennedy told Marc Siegel, Fox News' senior medical analyst. ......"We're going to be honest with the American people for the first time in history about all the tests, about all the studies, what we know, what we don't know, and that's going to anger some people who want an ideological approach to public health."......The Texas Department of State Health Services said the majority of those infected are unvaccinated children. ......The outbreak began in late January. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The CDC recommends "all children get two doses of MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine," according to its website, adding that adults who don't have "presumptive You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login should get at least one dose of MMR vaccine." ......The Associated Press contributed to this report. ...

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