Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly 150 people, most of them unvaccinated. A school-age child has died. The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where government mandates are not trusted.

Measles has been spreading across the U.S. for the last several weeks, sickening people in at least nine states amid a growing outbreak in western Texas. Several people have been hospitalized and at least one unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died,

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.

Measles is on the rise, with a large outbreak in Texas and cases in other states. Doctors say the current two-dose vaccine will provide 97% immunity. For the 2023-24 school year, Chicago’s vaccination rate was 92.

A Texas health official is warning against “measles parties” as an outbreak grows in West Texas, resulting in the death of at least one unvaccinated school-aged child. In a press briefing Friday, Dr.