CDC staff received an email this week telling them to avoid using more than a dozen terms or words-- including "health equity," "race," "bias," and "disparity" -- in their annual performance evaluations;

A child in West Texas has died of measles, state health officials said on Wednesday, the first reported U.S. death from the highly contagious disease in a decade, as a Texas outbreak has grown from a handful of cases to more than 130 across two states.

The US has reported its first measles-related death since 2015, with a child in West Texas confirmed as the victim. Read on to know why experts are warning about a massive spread of this disease in the upcoming days.