a New Mexico An adult infected with measles has died, state officials said Thursday.
Death comes eight days after receiving the vaccine The Texas child has passed away From an increasing number of outbreaks in the state that have infected around 160 people.
The adults were not vaccinated and did not seek medical assistance before dying, but the cause of death is still under investigation.
The victims lived across state lines from the West Texas area, where the outbreak is central.
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The sign points to a measles test in a parking lot in the Seminole Hospital district, across from Wigwam Stadium in Seminole, Texas, on February 27, 2025. Eighty-thousand cases of measles have been reported in Gaines County, with one death. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)
“We don’t want to see New Mexicans get sick or dying from measles,” said Dr. Chad Smercer, assistant department of the Epidemiologists. “The Measles Mumps Lubera vaccine is the best protection against this serious illness.”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said earlier this week they would send a team to respond to the Texas outbreak.
The adult is the 10th person in Lee County, New Mexico, and has been confirmed to have measles.
Medical staff members will manage measles vaccine doses for children at a health center in Lubbock, Texas, on February 27, 2025. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told him this week to Fox News Recommended measles vaccine for community immunity During the outbreak, however, he continues to defend his personal choice.
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“We’re going to do the right thing for Americans,” Kennedy told Mark Siegel, senior medical analyst at Fox News. “We will be honest with Americans for the first time in history about all our tests, all our research, what we know, what we don’t know.
The Texas Department of Health said the majority of infected people are unvaccinated children.
One-year-old River Jacobs will be hosting his mother, Caitlyn Fuller, and receives the MMR vaccine from Raynard Cobarbio at the Lubbock Public Health Division Vaccine Clinic in Lubbock, Texas on March 1, 2025. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)
The outbreak began in late January.
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The CDC recommends that it estimates that “all children will get two MMR (measles-Munz-Rubella) vaccines,” according to its website. Evidence of immunity You must get at least one MMR vaccine. ”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
