City of Lubbock health officials urge caution, vaccine amid Texas growing measles outbreak
With growing cases of measles in Texas and Lubbock reporting the states first death, local health officials hosted a news conference offering updates.
Texas, local health officials confirm first measles-related death in Lubbock County
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, a school-aged child was hospitalized in Lubbock last week after testing positive ... will need hospital care and one in 20 will develop pneumonia," DSHS stated in a press release.
Measles death of unvaccinated child in Texas outbreak is 1st fatality in US in a decade
An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak that has infected more than 100 people.
Texas child is first confirmed death in growing measles outbreak
The unvaccinated school-age child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades.
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
LUBBOCK, Texas — A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams confirmed the death Wednesday. It wasn't clear the age of the patient, who died overnight.
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City of Lubbock health officials urge caution, vaccine amid Texas growing measles outbreak
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Texas, local health officials confirm first measles-related death in Lubbock County
City of Lubbock health officials urge caution, vaccine amid Texas growing measles outbreak ... need hospital care and one in 20 will develop pneumonia," DSHS stated in a press release.