The New Mexico Department of Health announced the state’s first measles death, with an unvaccinated adult testing positive for the virus. The cause of death is still under investigation. Measles is spreading rapidly in West Texas, with 159 cases reported, most in Gaines County. A school-age child in Texas recently died from measles, the first U.S. measles death in a decade. Most cases in Texas have been in unvaccinated individuals. Experts recommend the MMR vaccine as the most effective way to prevent measles, with two doses being 97% effective. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote that vaccines protect children and contribute to community immunity, but he did not explicitly call for vaccination, stating it is a personal decision.
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