A child hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died from the illness, marking the first death in a growing outbreak that began in the state last month and has infected more than 120 people. On Wednesday,

The first person reported to have died from measles in the U.S. in a decade, a "school-aged child" who perished overnight in a children's hospital in West Texas, was announced by health officials on Wednesday,

A measles outbreak in rural West Texas has claimed the life of an unvaccinated child, marking the first U.S. measles-related death since 2015.